Math 386

MWF 10:50-11:50 in SL 206

Thu 10:05-11:30 in LN G85

      Welcome! This semester I am teaching Math 386, Combinatorics. This is the official course website^TM.  Here is some course-related information:

• Course Syllabus
• Course Schedule and a list of topics covered
• Homework Assignments as they become available
• Guidelines for your poster project
• A link to Blackboard

Key Dates: (subject to change)

• First Day of Class: August 27
• First Exam: October 4
• Second Exam: November 1
• Last Day of Class: December 7
• Third Exam: Monday, December 10, 11am-1pm in AAG 007

     Office Hours: I will hold regular office hours this semester. On Wednesdays, I will hold office hours from 2:30-4:00 in the Chenango Hall common area. On Fridays, I will hold office hours in my office, LN 2233. If these times are not convenient, I would be glad to meet with you some other time. Please contact me by e-mail at chanusa@math.binghamton.edu with some times that you are free. My schedule this semester can be found here. I plan to hold extra office hours before the exams.

Combinatorics links:

• Answers the question: "What is aibohphobia?"
• A whole bunch of Identities!
• The Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
• Nice writeups of combinatorial/geometrical mathematics

Additional Sources:

• Proofs that really count
• Concrete Mathematics
• generatingfunctionology
• Enumerative Combinatorics, volumes I and II (both very advanced!)