Undergraduate Seminar in Discrete Mathematics

Class meetings: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30pm–4:00pm in 2-151
Instructor: Zilin Jiang
Communication specialist: Malcah Effron

Course description

Seminar in combinatorics, graph theory, and discrete mathematics in general. Participants read and present papers from recent mathematics literature. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.

Grading

2 chalkboard presentations worth 20% each, 1 slides presentation 15%, 2 in-class midterms 10% each, and the term paper 25%.

Attendance policy: Without a valid excuse such as illness, failure to show up at one’s own talk or missing more than 3 classes results an immediate failure.

Schedule

M		W
		9/4	Introduction
9/9	Presentation workshop	9/11	Jessica Titensky Georgia Phillips
9/16	Adela Yang Benjamin Sockol	9/18	Damarcus Patterson Kara Luo
9/23	Yejin You Hamed Mounla	9/25	Jose Pena Amanda Wang
9/30	Timothy Leplae-Arthur Talia Pelts	10/2	Mathew Ganatra Alexander Dimitrakakis
10/7	Margarita Misirpashayeva Elizabeth Han	10/9	In-class midterm #1 Elizabeth Han
10/14	No class (Columbus Day)	10/16	Jessica Titensky Margarita Misirpashayeva
10/21	Yejin You Hamed Mounla	10/23	Writing workshop
10/28	Mathew Ganatra Alexander Dimitrakakis	10/30	Georgia Phillips Talia Pelts
11/4	Amanda Wang Timothy Leplae-Arthur	11/6	Adela Yang Benjamin Sockol
11/11	No class (Veterans Day)	11/13	Damarcus Patterson Kara Luo
11/18	Presentation workshop	11/20	Jose Pena In-class midterm #2
11/25	Margarita Misirpashayeva Kara Luo Jose Pena	11/27	Yejin You Benjamin Sockol Damarcus Patterson
12/2	Alexander Dimitrakakis Timothy Leplae-Arthur Adela Yang	12/4	Talia Pelts Peer critique
12/9	Elizabeth Han Amanda Wang Hamed Mounla	12/11	Mathew Ganatra Jessica Titensky Georgia Phillips