Math 172 - Combinatorics

Instructor: Joel Kamnitzer, jkamnitz@math.berkeley.edu
Lectures: TuTh 3:30pm-5:00pm, Room 85 Evans Hall
Course Control Number: 54820
Office: 1067 Evans Hall, 642-4319
Office Hours: Mondays 2 - 3 pm, Thursdays 2 - 3:30 pm

Prerequisites:

  • basic concepts of calculus
  • some exposure to matrix algebra (only for some topics)

  • Grading scheme:
  • Homework 20%
  • Midterm 15%
  • Project 25%
  • Final 40%

  • Text: Miklos Bona, "Enumerative Combinatorics"

    Other useful references:
  • Herbert Wilf, "Generatingfuctionology", available online here!
  • Kenneth Bogart, "Introductory Combinatorics"
  • J.H. van Lint and R.M. Wilson, "A Course in Combinatorics
  • Thomas Britz and Peter Cameron, "Partially Ordered Sets", online notes


  • Here's a survey for you to fill out and bring to class, so I can get an idea of the general background.


    Homework will be here.