Notes and Problems
for Mat 531
For Chapter one of the text:
We will spend very little time on this introductory chapter. I recommend reading it as a preview of combinatorial thinking and looking at the problems below.
Problems: 1, 2, 4(a), 11, 18.
Chapter two:
Problems 3, 4, 9, 14, 15, 19.
Quiz I.
Take-home, due 9/4.
Solution to Quiz I.
Chapter three:
Problems for 3.1-3.3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16.
Problems for the later sections: 22, 23, 27, 31, 32, 35.
Solution to Quiz II.
Chapter five:
Problems: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 37, 40, 44.
Quiz IV.
Take-home, due 9/23.
Solution to Quiz III.
Class will not meet Thursday, September 18.
Solution to Quiz IV.
Solution to Quiz V.
Chapter six:
Problems: 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 24, 25.
Test I is scheduled for Thursday, October 9. Here is some
information about the test.
Solution to Quiz VI.
Some suggestions for
graduate student papers.
Notes on Rook Polynomials.
Solution to Test I.
No Jury Duty! Class will meet as scheduled Thursday 10-16.
Chapter seven:
Problems: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30, 31, 35.
Quiz VII.
Take-home, due 10/23.
Quiz VIII.
Take-home, due 10/30.
Solution to Quiz VII.
Solution to Quiz VIII.
Chapter nine:
Problems: 1, 2, 3, 5, 11.
Solution to Quiz IX.
Test II is scheduled for Thursday, November 20. Here is some
information about the test.
Solution to Test II.
Chapter ten:
Problems: 18, 19, 26, 28, 30, 31.
