Math 103

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Challenge Problems

Latest challenges (updated Nov 16)

Homework and Lab Assignments

Homework solutions

Assignment 10 (due Thursday November 19, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 8]: 7, 8, 9(a), 11, 13, 14, 17, 18

Lab Meeting 6 (November 17; report due Tuesday November 24, 12:30pm)

Lab L.5: Graphic Sequences, Trees, Planar Graphs.

Assignment 9 (due Thursday November 12, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 7]: 22, 24, 25, 37, 39
[Chapter 8]: 4(a), 4(b), 6

Assignment 8 (due Thursday November 5, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 7]: 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18(a), 18(b), 21, 29, 32

Lab Meeting 5 (November 3; report due Tuesday November 10, 12:30pm)

Lab L.8: Catalan Numbers.

Assignment 7 (due Thursday October 29, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 6]: 17, 21, 25, 27
Please also submit solutions to at least four challenge problems. These should be handed in separetely, are due by Friday 4pm.

Lab Meeting 4 (October 27; report due Tuesday November 3, 12:30pm)

Lab L.4: Generating Functions.

Assignment 6 (due Thursday October 22, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 6]: 2, 3, 4, 5(a), 5(b), 6 (warm-up questions)
[Chapter 6]: 8, 11, 13(a), 13(b), 22
As before, the warm-up questions are worth half.

Assignment 5 (due Monday October 12, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 5]: 1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 23

Lab Meeting 3 (September 29; report due Tuesday October 6, 12:30pm)

Lab L.3: Stirling Numbers.

Assignment 4 (due Thursday October 1, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 4]: 15, 16, 20, 25, 31, 53 (warm up questions).
[Chapter 4] 17, 18, 24, 27, 32, 39, 46
The six warm-up questions are each worth half a normal question, and are graded for correctness only (not for method).
Please submit your homework questions in the order listed above; it'll help us when grading.

Assignment 3 (due Thursday September 24, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 4]: 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Lab Meeting 2 (September 15; report due Tuesday September 22, 12:30pm)

Lab L.2: Binomial Coefficients.

Assignment 2 (due Thursday September 17, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 3]: 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 24, 26, 27

Lab Meeting 1 (September 8; report due Tuesday September 15, 12:30pm)

Lab L.1: Ramsey Theory.
Please do as much of the pre-lab as you can between Monday's class and Tuesday's lab.

Assignment 1 (due Thursday September 10, 12:30pm)

[Chapter 1]: 2, 4, 5, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20