2015-16 Academic Catalog

Selected topics beyond the material of Math 333. Topics may include Stirling numbers, perfect graphs, exponential generating functions, advanced generating functionology, hypergeometric series, enumeration of plane partitions, combinatorial q-analogues, the hook length formula, and the transfer-matrix method. Prerequisite: MATH 333, an equivalent Budapest Semesters in MATH course, or instructor permission

Selected topics in stochastic processes and/or probability beyond the level of Math 265/365. Topics may include: Branching processes in public health applications, rates of convergence of Markov chains, perfect sampling algorithms, Markov chain Monte Carlo, card shuffling, queueing theory, and stochastic calculus. Prerequisite: Mathematics 236, Mathematics 240 (formerly Mathematics 265) and instructor permission