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Combinatorics Unit
Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics which is about counting – and we will discover many exciting examples of “things” you can count.
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Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783)
The first combinatorial problems were studied by ancient Indian, Arabian, and Greek mathematicians. Interest in the subject increased during the 19th and 20th century, together with the development of graph theory and problems like the four color theorem.  Some of the leading mathematicians to study combinatorics included Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662), Jacob Bernoulli (1654 – 1705) and Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783).


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Combinatorics also has many applications in other areas of mathematics, including graph theory, coding and cryptography, and probability.
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Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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Jacob Bernoulli (1654 - 1705)

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE UNIT

Combinatorics - Day 1
Introduction to the Partition Function P(n)

The Hardy-Ramanujan Asymptotic Partition Formula

An Online Partition Number Generator

G.H. Hardy and Ramanujan Research Project

MOVIE TRAILER: The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan is a biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The movie gives a detailed account of his upbringing in India, his mathematical achievements, and his mathematical collaboration with English mathematician G. H. Hardy.
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Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 - 1920)
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G. H. Hardy (1887 - 1947)

Combinatorics - Day 2
Introduction to Series and Summation Notation

-----VIDEO: Brief Introduction to Summation Notation

-----VIDEO: Summation (Sigma) Notation on the TI-84 Graphing Calculator

-----Series and Summation Worksheet

Combinatorics - Day 3
Introduction to Factorials, Double Factorials, Triple Factorials, Quadruple Factorials, and Superfactorials

-----Factorials Worksheet

Combinatorics - Day 4
Permutations & Combinations

-----VIDEO: Factorials, Permutations, and Combinations on the TI-84 Graphing Calculator

Sierpinski Triangle and Fibonacci Sequence Research Project

Combinatorics - Day 5
A Look At Pascal's Triangle

-----Pascal's Triangle

-----A Blank Pascal's Triangle

-----VIDEO: The Mathematical Secrets of Pascal's Triangle

-----VIDEO: Dissecting Hypercubes with Pascal's Triangle

Combinatorics - Day 6
Sequences Research Project

Combinatorics - Day 7
The Lazy Caterer's Sequence Activity

-----Large Circles

-----Small Circles

-----A Visual of The Lazy Caterer's Sequence
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Combinatorics - Day 8
A Deeper Look at Fractals

-----VIDEO: TedTalk - Mathematics is the sense you never knew you had by Eddie Woo

-----Fractal Packet

-----Fractal Packet Questionaire (Google Form)

-----Sierpinski Triangle Activity - Group Project
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