October Lectures

Week of October 1-5

Oct 1: Unordered selections with repetitions. Binomial theorem.
Tutorial: Test #1 (Chapter 3).
Oct 3: Binomial theorem (cont). The sieve principle. Partitions of sets.

Week of October 8-12

Oct 8: No lecture this day.
Tutorial: No tutorial this day.
Oct 10: Partitions of sets (cont). Multinomial numbers. [A1 handed in]

Week of October 15-19

Oct 15: Partitions of a positive number. Power series and algebraic properties.
Tutorial: Review of Chapters 4 and 5.
Oct 17: Power series (cont). Partial fractions.

Week of October 22-26

Oct 22: Partial fractions (cont). Binomal theorem with negative exponents.
Tutorial: Test #2 (Chapters 3, 4 and 5).
Oct 24: Binomal theorem with negative exponents (cont). Generating functions. Recursive technique examples. Linear recurrences.

Week of October 29 - November 2

Oct 29: Linear recurrences (cont).
Tutorial: Review of Chapter 18.
Oct 31: Nonhomogeneous linear recurrences. Partitions and diagrams. [A2 handed out]

To November lectures.
To September lectures.