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 Tyler Barr | 2/14 | Will Fox James Allen |
| 2/19 | No class (Monday schedule) | 2/21 | Anshula Gandhi Kundan Chintamaneni |
| 2/26 | Kevin Shen Jeet Mohapatra | 2/28 | Thomas Dudzik Xiaoxi Wang |
| 3/5 | Christopher Wang Yuan Yao | 3/7 | Neha Prasad Kuo-An Wei |
| 3/12 | Matthew Farejowicz In-class midterm #1 | 3/14 | Anshula Gandhi Yuan Yao |
| 3/19 | James Allen Matthew Farejowicz | 3/21 | Writing workshop |
| 3/26 | No class (Spring vacation) | 3/28 | No class (Spring vacation) |
| 4/2 | Will Fox Xiaoxi Wang | 4/4 | Lisa Everest Tyler Barr |
| 4/9 | Kundan Chintamaneni Jeet Mohapatra | 4/11 | Kevin Shen Thomas Dudzik |
| 4/16 | No class (Patriots’ Day) | 4/18 | Presentation workshop |
| 4/23 | Christopher Wang Neha Prasad | 4/25 | Kuo-An Wei In-class midterm #2 |
| 4/30 | Jeet Mohapatra Kuo-An Wei James Allen | 5/2 | Anshula Gandhi Will Fox Lisa Everest |
| 5/7 | Thomas Dudzik Yuan Yao Neha Prasad | 5/9 | Peer critique |
| 5/14 | Matthew Farejowicz Xiaoxi Wang Kevin Shen | 5/16 | Tyler Barr Kundan Chintamaneni Christopher Wang |