MAT 450 Introduction to Combinatorial Design
Fundamentals of modern combinatorial design theory and its applications. Topics include various balanced incomplete block designs, difference sets and automorphisms, Hadamard matrices and designs, Latin squares, pairwise balanced designs, t- and t-wise balanced designs, and applications of combinatorial design. Emphasis placed on the development of combinatorial reasoning.
Recommended Text: Combinatorial Designs: Constructions and Analysis, by Douglas R. Stinson. ISBN 978-0-387-95487-5