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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

MATH 3570 - Combinatorics


An introductory course in combinatorics. Topics include fundamental counting methods, Pigeonhole Principle, binomial coefficients, inclusion-exclusion principle, Twelvefold way, recurrence relations and generating functions. Advanced topics to be selected from Polya theory, combinatorial design, permutation statistics and Ramsey theory.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: MATH 2800 with a grade of C or higher

Hours:
3