Fall 2001
taught by Prof. James Propp
Note: the registrar's course-page for Math 192 is
You can read an overview of the course, a syllabus, and a description of course logistics (including a reading list).
You can see a list of topics covered in individual lectures, with links to my personal lecture-notes and links to videos.
Students who take this course will find the following links helpful:
The On-line
Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
of Neil Sloane;
Here is a sample Maple session about
manipulating sets and lists.
Here is an
article on lattice animals
by Mireille Bousquet-Melou and Andrew Rechnitzer
(the figures on pages 5 and 6 were shown in class).
I have removed the solutions to the problem sets from the web,
in preparation for teaching a course similar to Math 192
at the University of Wisconsin in Fall 2003;
but I will happy to send the solutions by email to anyone
who isn't a student in the course.
Here is the first problem set (due September 20),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file;
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file
(corrected 9/25/01);
Here is the second problem set (due September 25),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the third problem set (now due October 2),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the fourth problem set (also due October 2),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the fifth problem set (due October 4),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the sixth problem set (due October 9),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the seventh problem set (due October 11),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the (revised) solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the eighth problem set (due October 16),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the ninth problem set (due October 18),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the tenth problem set (due October 23),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the eleventh problem set (due October 25),
as a latex file
(requiring the pstricks package)
and as a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the twelfth problem set (due November 6),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the thirteenth problem set (due November 8),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the fourteenth problem set (due November 13),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the fifteenth problem set (due November 15),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the sixteenth problem set (due November 20),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the seventeenth problem set (due November 29),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the eighteenth problem set (due December 4),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the nineteenth problem set (due December 6),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the twentieth problem set (due December 11),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.
Here is the twenty-first (and final!) problem set (due December 13),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.