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MATH 385 - Enumerative Combinatorics


An introduction to basic notions and techniques in Enumerative Combinatorics. Basic structures of enumeration including enumerative families like binomial coefficients, Catalan numbers, Fibonacci numbers, Eulerian numbers, Bell numbers, and Stirling numbers; compositions and partitions; recurrences; permutations and permutation statistics; generating functions; partially ordered sets; applications to Symmetric functions.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MATH 170  with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Periodically offered

Units: 4