Class meets at 2:15 in REISS 264 on MWF. Last updated 8/30/06.
You can reach me by voice-mail at 7-2703 or by e-mail kainen at georgetown.edu
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This semester (Fall 2006) we will cover a substantial portion of Chapters 1 through 8 in our text (Intro. COmbinatorics, 4th Ed, by Brualdi). In addition, we will cover some concepts from graph theory and other topics as well - e.g., Hadamard matrices.
There will be three midterms: Wed. 9/27, Wed. 11/1, and Wed. 11/29 in the evening at 9pm in ICC 106; you will be allowed 90 minutes. I'll specify the topics for each of these exams a bit later.
Grades are based on the following (subject to slight adjustment ...)
Quizzes will be frequent and unannounced. You are expected to attend most classes but I won't average in a few missed quizzes. In general, quizzes are brief and are designed to show that you have been paying some attention. There usually isn't enough time for detailed calculations.
I expect you to do most of the homework assignments. If you can't be there the day it is due, give it to someone else to hand in for you. Neither quizzes nor homework can be made up later. Also, please save your old homework, quizzes, and tests so that you can use them for review and so that I can go over them with you in the event you have difficulties later.
Homework or quizzes which are not picked up in class will be in a box in the new math lounge in St. Mary's. Be sure to pick them up asap since you may need to have them later, and also since there may be valuable information in the corrections.
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