This is the course webpage for Math304, Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University. Spring 2021. In this course we will investigate Rubik's cube, the 15-puzzle, TopSpin, and other permutation ...

The combinatorial properties of the Bernoulli and Euler numbers are interpreted using a new classification of permutations. The classification is naturally described by an operator algebra of a type ...

The major challenge when working with permutations is that the factorial function gets very, very large very, very quickly. The BigInteger data type was introduced in the .NET Framework 4.0; it ...

Four. Three. One. Five. Two. Nothing happens. The evil genius Derango is loading a cataclysmic computer virus that, when launched, will lock the entire world out of the internet. In five minutes, no ...

In 2011, an anonymous 4chan poster asked how many episodes of a particular anime they would have to watch if they wanted to watch the minimum episodes in every possible way. The problem with this is ...

NEW HAVEN >> Roll a pair of dice and there are 36 possible combinations for the eventual outcome. If permutation math is too difficult to grasp, it might come as some small solace that the city’s ...