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MAT 305: Combinatorics Topics for K-8 Teachers

Spring 2003
6 pm - 9 pm Mondays STV 324
Dr. Roger Day (day@ilstu.edu)

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Content Notes

Addition Principle	Finite Differences	Perfect Covers of Chess Boards	Total Number of Possible Arrangements
Arranging Elements When Repetition Is Allowed	Generating Functions	Permutations	.
Basic Counting Techniques	Inclusion/Exclusion Principle	Pigeonhole Principle	.
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Binomial Expansion	Mathematical Induction	Product Notation	.
Circular Permutations	Multinomial Expansion	Proof by Induction	.
Combinations	Multiplication Principle	Recursion Relationships	.
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Derangements	Number of Subsets of a Set	Solving Equations over the Nonnegative Integers	.
Factorial Notation	Pascal's Formula	Solving Equations over the Positive Integers	.
Fibonacci Sequence	Pascal's Triangle	Summation Notation	.
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Review: Binomial Expansion	Review: Multinomial Expansion	Review: Pigeonhole Principle	Review: Product Notation
Review: Summation Notation	.	.	.

Session Notes

Session #1: 13 January 2003	Session #5: 10 February 2003	Session #9: 10 March 2003	Session #13: 7 April 2003
Session #2: 20 January 2003	Session #6: 17 February 2003	Session #10: 17 March 2003	Session #14: 14 April 2003
Session #3: 27 January 2003	Session #7: 24 February 2003	Session #11: 24 March 2003	Session #15: 21 April 2003
Session #4: 3 February 2003	Session #8: 3 March 2003	Session #12: 31 March 2003	Session #16: 28 April 2003
Semester Exam: Monday, 5 May 2003, 5:30 pm

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Quiz #1: 10 February 2003 Test #1: 24 February 2003

Test #2: 31 March 2003

Test #3: 21 April 2003

Semester Exam: Monday, 5 May 2003, 5:30 pm

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