Math 724 (Enumerative Combinatorics)
Fall 2021

General Information | Schedule | Links

Homework assignments, take-home tests, solution sets, and grades are available securely on Canvas.

• Meeting times: MWF, 10:00-10:50 AM, 564 Snow
• KU course line number: 25798
• Syllabus (version of 8/27/21; no further changes anticipated)
• Instructor: Prof. Jeremy Martin
  
  618 Snow, 864-7114
  (The best way to contact me: send me e-mail!)
• Office hours: Mon 3-4pm, Thu 2:30-3:30pm, or by appointment
• Textbook: Combinatorics Through Guided Discovery by Kenneth Bogart. Available free online; you can also buy a bound version at Jayhawk Ink in the Kansas Union for about $10. (Please do not print out a hard copy at the Mathematics Department.)
  

• All information on the schedule is subject to change. I do not expect to change any of the due dates of assignments, but the list of in-class problems will almost certainly evolve over the semester depending on pace.
• Colors on the spreadsheet indicate topics of each homework assignment (and make things look a bit more festive).

KU links

• Jeremy Martin's home page
• KU Mathematics Department
• KU Registrar
• KU policies on academic honesty
• Student Access Center (resources for students with disabilities)

Sage

• Main Sage website
• CoCalc (formerly Sage Cloud; free online Sage computing environment)
• Python (the programming language on which Sage is based)

LaTeX

• There are many free TeX environments available; two commonly used ones are MiKTeX (for Windows) and TeXShop (for Macintosh)
• Header file with useful macros for Math 724 (feel free to copy; necessary to compile other LaTeX files on this page)
• Sample LaTeX file showing some standard techniques; compare the PDF version
• Some notation in Bogart's book, and how to TeX it
• LaTeX WikiBook
• DeTeXify (LaTeX symbol lookup)