Thursday, October 21
Tuesday, October 26
- Derangements
- Generating Functions
(pdf of Notes pages 11–20)
- Ways to score k points in basketball
Thursday, October 28
Tuesday, November 2
- Finish Discussion
- Important generating function manipulations
Thursday, November 4
Tuesday, November 9
- Application: Solving recurrence relations
(pdf of Notes pages 21–26)
- Application: A closed form for Fibonacci numbers
- Application: A generating function for partitions
Thursday, November 11
Tuesday, November 16
- Counting pattern avoidance
- Catalan numbers
Thursday, November 18
Tuesday, November 23
Thursday, November 25
Tuesday, November 30
Thursday, December 2
- Question and Answer Session
Tuesday, December 7
Thursday, December 9
Tuesday, December 14, 6:15-8:15 pm
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