You can read an overview of the course, a syllabus, and a description of course logistics (including a reading list).
You can see a provisional list of topics to be covered in individual lectures, with links to all the lesson-plans.
Students who take this course will find the following links helpful:
The On-line
Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
of Neil Sloane
(see also
Sloane's
recent article);
Dodron Zeilberger's article
Dodgson's
determinant-evaluation rule proved by two-timing men and women
contains a bijective proof of the Dodgson formula discussed in class.
Here is a sample Maple session introducing you to some of Maple's
basic features, available as a
human-readable transcript
or as a
Maple work-sheet.
Here is a sample Maple session about
manipulating sets and lists.
Here is a Maple session about
the continued fraction for
the Catalan generating function.
Here is a Maple session about
working with q-series.
Here is some Maple code for
working with partially-commuting polynomials
in three variables x,y, and q,
where q commutes with both x and y
but yx=qxy.
Here is the first problem set (due September 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
and a ps-file.
Here is the second problem set (due September 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
and a ps-file.
Here is the third problem set (due September 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
and a ps-file.
Here is the fourth problem set (due September 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
and a ps-file.
Here is the fifth 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
and a ps-file.
Here is the sixth problem set (due September 30),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
and a ps-file.
Here is the seventh problem set (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
and a ps-file.
Here is the eighth problem set (due October 7),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
and a ps-file.
Here is the ninth problem set (due October 14),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
and a ps-file.
Here is the revised tenth problem set (with due-date postoned to October 21),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
and a ps-file.
Here is the eleventh problem set (due October 21),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
and a ps-file.
Here is the REVISED VERSION of the midterm exam (due October 28),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file,
and here is the solution,
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
and a ps-file.
Here is the twelfth problem set (due November 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
and a ps-file.
Here is the thirteenth problem set (due November 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
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
and a ps-file.
Here is the fifteenth problem set (due November 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
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
and a ps-file.
Here is the seventeenth problem set (due December 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
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
and a ps-file.
Here is the nineteenth problem set (due December 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
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
and a ps-file.
Here is the final exam (due December 18),
as a latex file,
a pdf-file, and
a ps-file.