No textbook required for this course. The material will be taken from a combination of notes, research papers, and the following books:

• [AE] G. Andrews, K. Eriksson, Integer partitions, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  
• [An] G. Andrews, The theory of partitions, Cambridge University Press, 1984.
  
• [Br] D. Bressoud, Proofs and Confirmations. The Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  
• [EC] R. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Vols. I and II. An online version Vol. I is available here.
  
• [BS] A. Björner, R. Stanley, A Combinatorial Miscellany, available here.
  
• [Zi] G. M. Ziegler, Lectures on Polytopes, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 152, Springer-Verlag, New York 1995.
  
• [Wa] M. Wachs, Poset Topology: Tools and Applications, Geometric combinatorics, 497-615, IAS/Park City Math. Ser., 13, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2007. Available here.

Scheduled Lectures

MWF 12:30 - 1:35

Kemeny 004

Instructor

Sergi Elizalde

Office: 332 Kemeny Hall

Office Hours: Mon 1:40-3:30, Wed 11:10-12:20

Phone: 646-8191 or email (preferred)

Exams and Grades

There will be no exams for this course. The course grade will be based on the homework (60%) and a presentation in class (40%).

Homework Policy

• Homework will be assigned roughly every other week.
• Collaboration on the homework is encouraged, but the solutions must be written individually.
• Please mention on your problem set the names of the students that you worked with, and also reference any articles, books or websites if your solution takes significant ideas from them.

Disabilities

Students with disabilities who will be taking this course and may need disability-related classroom accommodations are encouraged to make an appointment to see their instructor as soon as possible. Also, they should stop by the Academic Skills Center in Collis Center to register for support services.

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