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I'm currently a graduate student at University of Washington. I'm interested in combinatorics.


May
16
comment Non-isomorphic posets
I think this is what you're looking for. Only a few values are known. I would be very surprised if there was a simple formula.
May
6
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Apr
26
comment Inverting a convolution with a binomial coefficient
Is $g(k)$ defined for $k<0$? If not then you need to specify $n \leq k$.
Apr
7
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Apr
1
comment Is there a rigorous theory of context, whereby sets can gain additional structure within a context?
Although you seem to be more interested in algebraic contexts, Joyal's beautiful theory of combinatorial species is a possible answer for the question title.
Apr
1
comment Catalan number interpretation
Very pretty question and solution!
Mar
28
answered Number of even letter permutations is divisible by $p$
Mar
15
awarded  Altruist
Mar
11
awarded  Investor
Mar
7
awarded  Good Answer
Mar
7
awarded  Nice Answer
Mar
7
comment How do we use derivatives in our daily lives
Speedometers are pretty useful to have around...
Mar
7
answered What was the first bit of mathematics that made you realize that math is beautiful? (For children's book)
Mar
7
comment Flipping coins in a chessboard
It looks like you mean $f_{(a,b)} = 1$ for heads, $-1$ for tails.
Mar
3
answered How to solve the non homogeneous equations
Feb
28
comment Philosophy of learning mathematics (combinatorics)
For #2: The Bible of combinatorics is Richard Stanley - Enumerative Combinatorics. It has hundreds of exercises with a rating scale for difficulty. You can get Volume 1 in pdf form from Stanley's web page here.
Feb
26
comment How many ways to visit 6 cities twice without visiting the same city twice in a row?
Do you know inclusion-exclusion?
Feb
19
answered Combination of three items with no adjacent items the same
Feb
16
answered Enumerating Rooted labeled trees without Langrange inversion formula
Feb
7
comment Counting strings containing specified appearances of words
These references look helpful. Thanks.