DISCRETE STRUCTURES II

Math 340 - Winter Term, 2013.

General Information.

  • Course Instructor
  • Teaching Assistants
  • Lectures
  • Topics
  • Prerequisites
  • Textbook
  • Assignments

    Instructor.

  • Prof. Bruce Shepherd
  • Telephone: 398-4578
  • Office: Room 1113, Burnside Building
  • Office hours: Tuesday 130pm-3pm or by appointment.
  • Email: bruce.shepherd at mcgill.ca
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    Teaching Assistant.

  • Marcel Celaya
  • Office: Room 1117, Burnside Hall
  • Office hours: Thursday and Friday 3-4.
  • Email: marcel.celaya at mail.mcgill.ca

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    Lectures.

  • Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 8.30am - 10am.
  • Location: ARTS Room 150.
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    Topics.

    A provisional list of the lectures as well as additional course notes and references can be found here.
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    Prerequisites.

    The prerequisite is Math 240 or Math235.
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    Textbooks.

    There is no required textbook.

    Good books that each cover parts of the material in the course are:

  • Invitation to Discrete Mathematics by J. Matousek and J. Nesetril.
  • Graph Theory by R. Diestel.
  • Discrete Mathematics and its Applications by K. Rosen.
  • Proofs from The Book by M. Aigner and G. Ziegler.
  • Generatingfunctionology by H. Wilf.
  • A Course in Combinatorics by J. van Lint and R. Wilson.
  • Discrete Mathematics by N. Biggs.
  • Discrete Mathematics: Elementary and Beyond by L. Lovasz, J. Pelikan, and K. Vesztergombi.
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    Assignments and Grading.

    Course grades will be based upon assignments (20%), midterm (30%), and a final exam (50%)

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