Information and Resources for Final Project
Read these articles about giving a good math talk: Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4.
First choose a topic in Discrete Mathematics/Combinatorics, broadly defined.
Let me know what topic you choose by Monday Nov 15. You should submit your choice of the topic, and some of the main sources you want to use in writing. A pragraph or so would be sufficient for this.
Next, you submit an outline of your paper by Wed Dec 1.
You will give a class presentation (about 20 minutes) during the last week of classes (Dec 8,10).
The final paper is due by the official final exam date for this course which is 11:30 am, Thursday Dec 16. (You can submit it earlier!)
Here are some possible topics to give you an idea but this is not an exhaustive list.
Books
The books in the library about combinatorics-related topics are located in QA164-166. If you need a good book to fill you in on some necessary details, look in the suggested reading list in our text, come talk to me, or browse the stacks. Here are some books that may be useful.
Databases
Use the search engine of MathSciNet to find articles on particular topics, or particular articles referenced in other articles. Also check out the subject of combinatorics under the very helpful Mathematics Subject Classification system organized by the AMS.
Journals
Journals to Try First
Discrete Mathematics
Journal of Graph Theory
Designs, Codes and Cryptography
Journals to Try Second
Combinatorica
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
Graphs and Combinatorics
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B
SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
Journals on Special Topics Algorithms - Section 4.3, 4.5, Chapter 5