MATH 561 A: Foundations of Combinatorics

First quarter of a three-quarter sequence on combinatorics, covering topics selected from among enumeration, generating functions, ordered structures, graph theory, algebraic combinatorics, geometric combinatorics, and extremal and probabilistic combinatorics. Prerequisite: a minimum grade of 3.5 in MATH 461; a minimum grade of 3.5 in MATH 462; and a minimum grade of 3.5 in MATH 504, which may be taken concurrently.