Undergraduate Seminar in Discrete Mathematics
Class meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1pm–2:30pm 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
3 presentations worth 16.67% each, 2 in-class midterms worth 11.11% each, and the term paper for 27.77%.
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.
T | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
2/5 | Introduction | 2/7 | Presentation workshop |
2/12 | Lisa Everest | 2/14 | Will Fox |
2/19 | No class (Monday schedule) | 2/21 | Anshula Gandhi |
2/26 | Kevin Shen | 2/28 | Thomas Dudzik |
3/5 | Christopher Wang | 3/7 | Neha Prasad |
3/12 | Matthew Farejowicz | 3/14 | Anshula Gandhi |
3/19 | James Allen | 3/21 | Writing workshop |
3/26 | No class (Spring vacation) | 3/28 | No class (Spring vacation) |
4/2 | Will Fox | 4/4 | Lisa Everest |
4/9 | Kundan Chintamaneni | 4/11 | Kevin Shen |
4/16 | No class (Patriots’ Day) | 4/18 | Presentation workshop |
4/23 | Christopher Wang | 4/25 | Kuo-An Wei |
4/30 | Jeet Mohapatra | 5/2 | Anshula Gandhi |
5/7 | Thomas Dudzik | 5/9 | Peer critique |
5/14 | Matthew Farejowicz | 5/16 | Tyler Barr |