Professor Alan Frieze                                                                       
Department of Mathematical Sciences                                                    
Carnegie Mellon University                                                                    
Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890
Offices: Wean Hall 7202
Fax:  412-268-6380
Email: alan@random.math.cmu.edu

Office hours : MWF 9.30--10.00 and TuTh 11.00--12.00.

TA: Kevin Litwak. Office hours TuTh 4.30-5.30 WEH5403
        

• Textbook: A course in combinatorics, Second Edition, J.H. Van Lint and R.M. Wilson (Recommended).

• Course Notes: These will (hopefully) appear after each class.
  

  
• Homework :
Homework exercises will be assigned every Monday, and will be due Monday of the following week.


• Grading Policy:
Homework: 10%
4 Tests          90%


You will receive a letter grade at midsemester, based on the first two tests and homework, and a letter grade at the end of the course, but individual tests are not assigned letter grades. The tests will be book and notes. The letter grades are computed as follows, A: 85 - 100 B: 75 - 85 C: 60 - 75 D: 50 - 60.
Your grade will be based on your best 8 homeworks and your best 3 tests.

Make-up tests will be given only in the case of a documented medical excuse, a university-sanctioned absence (e.g., participation in a varsity sporting event), or a family emergency. Please see me at the earliest time possible to schedule a make-up. Make-up exams may be oral.
No collaboration is permitted on the tests.


On homework, collaboration is permitted subject to the following:
you may discuss homework problems with fellow students and with instructors in order to get help on various parts of a problem, but you may not simply copy someone else's solution;

• Exams Schedule:

Test 1: Monday, September 22, 2003

Test 2: Monday, October 13, 2003 

Test 3: Monday, November 10, 2003.

Test 4: Friday, December 5, 2003.