Enumerative Combinatorics (Math 5705), Fall 2018

Darij Grinberg

Canvas site for 5705.

Main resources:

Syllabus.

Quick book references (italics = free): Loehr (errata); Graham/Knuth/Patashnik (errata); Bogart; Bóna; Galvin; Lehman/Leighton/Meyer.

Basics on equivalence relations and equivalence classes: class materials by Melissa Lynn and by Jonathan Rogness (part 1 and part 2).

See Math 4707 from Fall 2017 and Math 4707 from Spring 2018 for some solved exercises.

"Black"board writing:

• Sep 5 | Sep 10 | Sep 12 | Sep 17 | Sep 19 | Sep 24 | Sep 26 | Oct 1 | Oct 3 | Oct 8 | Oct 10 | Oct 17 | Oct 22 | Oct 24 | Oct 29 | Oct 31 | Nov 5 | Nov 12 | Nov 14 | Nov 19 | Nov 21 | Nov 26 | Nov 28 | Dec 3 |

(Oct 15: Sam Hopkins was substituting.)

(Nov 7: Vic Reiner was substituting.)

Homework and other problems:

A LaTeX template ("Homework set 0") for those who want to write their solutions in LaTeX. (Compiled PDF.)

• Homework set 1 (TeX source). Solutions (TeX source).
• Homework set 2 (TeX source). Solutions (TeX source).
• Homework set 3 (TeX source). Solutions (TeX source).
• Midterm 1 (TeX source). Solutions (TeX source).
• Homework set 4 (TeX source). Solutions to Exercises 2-7 (TeX source). Solutions to Exercises 1, 2, 3 and 7 by Jacob Elafandi.
• Midterm 2 (TeX source). Solutions (TeX source).
• Homework set 5 (TeX source).
• Midterm 3 (TeX source). Solutions to Exercises 1-3 and 5-7 (TeX source).