Lecturer: Professor Dennis Stanton, Vincent Hall 253, 612-624-7544
Time and Location: MWF 11:15-12:05 VinH 207
Office Hours MWF 2:30-3:20 pm
Text: "Enumerative Combinatorics, Vol. 1,2" by R. Stanley,
by R. Stanley. Other recommended texts: "Symmetric Functions and Hall Polynomials" by
I. Macdonald, "A course in Combinatorics" by van Lint and
Wilson, "Algebraic Combinatorics" by R. Stanley,
"Constructive Combinatorics" by Stanton and White.
e-mail address: stanton@math.umn.edu
web address: http://www.math.umn.edu/~stanton/8669/8669-16roster.html
Mathematical Prerequisites: None
Topics: This is a 3 credit course. The main topic for this course is symmetric functions, tableaux and representations of the symmetric group. We will also cover some poset topics, such chain decompositions and Sperner theorems. And we will have some material on hypergeometric series.
Grading and Exams: There will be 4 homework assignments, and no exams.
Late homework is NOT accepted. You may work together on the homework problems, but must write up your solutions in your own words.
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A- 3.667
B+ 3.333
B 3.000 - Represents achievement that is significantly above the level
necessary to meet course requirements
B- 2.667
C+ 2.333
C 2.000 - Represents achievement that meets the course requirements in
every respect
C- 1.667
D+ 1.333
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fails to meet fully the course requirements
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C- or better.
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My Statement on Incompletes, S/N: The grade ``I" is assigned only when a student has satisfactorily (a C- grade or better) completed all but a small portion of the work for the course, and has made prior arrangements to complete the work. This means, for example, if you quit attending class after the second exam, and then request an ``I" in the tenth week, your request will be denied. You will fail the course. To obtain an S, you need at least a C- grade.
My Statement on Scholastic Conduct: Each student should read his/her college bulletin for the definitions and possible penalties for cheating. Students suspected of scholastic dishonesty will be reported to the Scholastic Conduct Committee for appropriate action.
Complaints: You can address complaints about your lecturer to the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Bryan Mosher, Vincent Hall 115.
Messages: If for some reason you need to leave an urgent message, you can do so at the School of Mathematics, 625-4848.
Rough schedule:
Jan 20-Feb 5: Posets+Sperner
Feb 8-Feb 12: Hypergeometric Series
Feb 15-Feb 26: Review of Rep of finite groups
Feb 29-Mar 11: Symmetric Group
Mar 21-Apr 8: Symmetric functions
Apr 11-May 6: Tableaux, Plane partitions, and RSK