Up: Math 116: Combinatorics

Combinatorics Homework List

Assignment: 1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6

Assignment 1

Due Date: Tuesday April 5th
  • Read: the Preface, Notation, and all of Chapter 1,
  • Do: Chapter 1: 1,2,3,5,6,8,14
  • Bonus: Do as many of the counting problems in the 12-fold way as you can and justify your answers. Some should be very easy for you, but others will (probably) be too hard at this point.

Assignment 2

Due Date: Tuesday April 12th
  • Read: Chapter 2
  • Do: Chapter 2: 1,2,3,4,5,6,13,15
  • Bonus: (12-fold, as above). 29-32 are all good to try. Maybe 35 as well.

Assignment 3

Due Date: Tuesday April 19th
  • Read: Chapter 2 (again), particular the finite calculus part
  • Do: Chapter 2: 7,8,9,10,16,17
  • Bonus:

Assignment 4

Due Date: Tuesday April 26th
  • Read: Chapter 3
  • Do: Chapter 3: 2,3,5,8,9,12,14
  • Bonus: Chapter 3: 13,19,21,31

Assignment 5

Due Date: Tuesday May 3rd
  • Read: Chapter 4 (sections 1-6) and Chapter 5 (sections 1-3)
  • Do: Chapter 4: 3,10,14,18 and Chapter 5: 1,2,8

Assignment 6

Due Date: Tuesday May 17th
  • Read: Chapter 5 (section 4), Chapter 6 (section 1,2)
  • Do: Chapter 5: 3,4,5,74 (yes 74), Chapter 6:1,2,10,11
  • Bonus: Chapter 6: 12, 51


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