Math A68 (Combinatorial Analysis), Fall 2025
Syllabus

Lectures: Tu, Th 2:00-3:40, room NAC 

Lecturer: Vladimir Shpilrain  Office: MR 416C  Phone: (212) 650-5158
e-mail: vshpilrain@ccny.cuny.edu   web page:  https://shpilrain.ccny.cuny.edu/

Office hours: Tu, Th 3:50-4:50 or by appointment

Homework: Homework problems will be distributed in class once a week.

Textbooks: Kenneth H. Rosen, Discrete Mathematics and its applications, McGraw Hill, 6th edition.
Robin J. Wilson, Introduction to Graph Theory, Prentice Hall, 5th edition.

Material to be covered : Permutations, combinations, generating functions and recurrence relations, introduction to graph theory and coloring, matching theory, theory, linear programming.

Approximate grading weights:
 
Homework: 10 %
3 term exams: 30 % each

 
There will be no early or make-up  tests.