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Jack Baskin School of EngineeringUC Santa Cruz

CMPS 290F


Combinatorial mathematics, including summation methods, working with
binomial coefficients, combinatorial sequences (Fibonacci, Stirling,
Eulerian, Harmonic, Bernoulli numbers), generating functions and their
uses, Bernoulli processes, and other topics in discrete probability.
Oriented toward problem solving, applications mainly to computer
science, but also physics. (Formerly Topics in Combinatorial
Mathematics.) Prerequisite(s): Computer Engineering 16 and Applied
Mathematics and Statistics 27. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students and upper-division undergraduates. Offered in alternate
academic years. May be repeated for credit. J. Yellin

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