Math 180

Spring 2013

Combinatorics

Instructor: D. Blasius, Professor of Mathematics. Office: MS6145. Email blasius@math.ucla.edu.Office hours: Monday, 2-3 and by appointment.

Teaching Assistant: Daniel Korándi. Office: MS 2901

Required Text: Alan Tucker, Applied Combinatorics, Sixth Edition.

Lectures and TA sessions in MS 5118 1:00PM-1:50PM. Lectures are MWF and TA sessions are Tuesdays.

Structure of course:

Lectures: Attendance is strongly suggested but not formally required. Students are responsible for the content of lectures. Occasional handouts may be posted online. They will also be sent out via my.ucla email. It is essential that you be able to receive such emails.

Structure of course:

- Homework: This course is paperless and you will need to consult the webpage for weekly homework assignments. There will be 9 assignments. The first 8 are graded. Each is worth 2.5% of the grade, for a total of 20%.

-The Midterm is on May 6 and the Final Exam is Thursday, June 13, 11:30 to 2:30. No test or homework will be dropped and no replacement midterms will be given, i.e. if you can’t take the midterm and the final at the dates and times above, don’t take the course.

-Homework: Usually due Wednesdays in class. Problems will be assigned from the text and any additional problems will be assigned via the course webpage and also sent to you via my.ucla. (Be sure to check your UCLA mail account or put a forward on it to the mail account you use.) Homework is graded by the TA. Solutions to selected problems will be made available online.

-Grading: Homework 20%, Midterm is 25% and Final is 55%. The course will be graded on a curve with proportions of the various grades similar to those recommended by my.ucla to instructors.