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Class Announcements
- 2006/7/27 Additional Reading so far: we have now the Chinese Remainder theorem in L&L (p.332) and
Andrews §5.3, so be careful to read these sections and be sure you understand the proofs. We have also covered
Balakrishnan chapter 3 on recurrence relations. We are nearing the end of he course and are at the semester equivalent
of week 14 of 15. As usual, you should work through as many exercises from these sections
by yourself as you need to become fluent and ready for the quiz.
- 2006/7/27 Note that Homework 13 is posted.
- 2006/7/25 Note that Homework 12 is posted.
- 2006/7/21 Additional Reading so far: we have now covered the whole off chapter 11 of L & L apart
from the Chinese Remainder Theorem, and chapters 1, 2, 3 4 and of Andrews (apart from §1.2, §2.3, §3.4,
§3.5, §4.3, §5.3, §5.4), so be careful to read these chapters and be sure you understand the
proofs. We are nearing the end of he course and are at the semester equivalent of week 12 of 15. As
usual, you should work through as many exercises from these sections by yourself as you need to become fluent and
ready for the quiz.
- 2006/7/21 Note that Homework 11 is posted.
- 2006/7/18 Note that Homework 10 is posted.
- 2006/7/14 Additional Reading so far: the parts of chapter 11 of L & L that correspond to the subject
matter in §11.1--§11.8, and §2.3 of Balakrishnan. As usual, you should work
through as many exercises from these sections by yourself as you need to become fluent and ready for the quiz.
- 2006/7/14 Note that Homework 9 is posted.
- 2006/7/11 Note that Homework 8 is posted.
- 2006/7/7 Additional Reading so far: chapter 7 of L & L, and §2.1,§2.2 of Balakrishnan.
As usual, you should work through as many exercises from these sections by yourself as you
need to become fluent and ready for the quiz.
- 2006/7/7 Note that Homework 7 is posted.
- 2006/6/30 Additional Reading so far: the rest of chapter 6 of L & L, and of chapter 1 of Balakrishnan,
(I won't ask you about partitioning at the end of §1.3, or about derangements and generalized inclusion/exclusion
at the end of §1.6, and we will not use Balakrishnan's notation for "generalized permutations and combinations",
prefering to work from first principles on such problems). As usual, you should work through
as many exercises from these sections by yourself as you need to become fluent and ready for the quiz.
- 2006/6/29 Note that Homework 6 is posted, due the Thursday after the
holiday. There is no homework 5 or quiz 5. Enjoy the holiday!
- 2006/6/27 Note that Homework 4 is posted.
- 2006/6/23 Additional Reading so far: chapters 2 & 3 and §6.1 - §6.5 of L & L, Lab
2 of Exner (excluding calculus), §0.2, §1.1 of Balakrishnan. We have completed two weeks semester equivalent
of the course, and all of the "mathematical preliminaries". Fluency in these is very important for the
rest of the course. As usual, you should work through as many exercises from these sections
by yourself as you need to become fluent and ready for the quiz.
- 2006/6/23 We will assume that you know simple matrix theory as summarized in chapter 5 of L & L, and
merely recap what we need where necessary, later in the course. If you do not, you may want to work through
that chapter as preparation.
- 2006/6/23 Note that Homework 3 is posted.
- 2006/6/20 Note that Homework 2 is posted.
- 2006/6/18 Problem 0.116 on the first hw has some typos, so ignore it.
- 2006/6/18 Apparently the system staff moved the site at short notice and changes made Friday were lost,
including the homework posting. I have restored these including the remarks below.
- 2006/6/16 Reading so far: chapters 1 & 4 of L & L, Chapter 1 & Lab 1 of Exner (excluding
calculus), §0.1, §0.4 of Balakrishnan. We have completed two weeks semester equivalent of the course,
and most of the easy parts. Fluency in simple set theory and logic is very important for the rest of the course.
- 2006/6/16 Note that Homework 1 is posted.
- 2006/6/15 Note that the Assignment, Quiz and Examination calendar
is available.
- 2006/6/13 Please read the syllabus carefully.
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