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LIVE 30: Combinatorics

From 7/12 to 8/8

Tu/W/Th/F/M 5:00–6:30pm (Your Time*)

This LIVE course contains a total of 30 hours of live video instruction for $599 (~$20/hour), plus 1 year of access to Prof. Loh's recorded videos from this course.

We’ve carefully designed our courses to maximize engagement. Each of our LIVE classrooms has at least one staff member for every 7 students. The typical class size is around 20–30 students.

* The official meeting time for this course is 5:00pm in New York.

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We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

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[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

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Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

I fall asleep to prof. loh music every night and listen to his ted talk every night

We appreciate how much [our son] is learning and growing in this class. Thank you for making the world a better place through math and kindness!

[My daughter] enjoyed really much all the sessions she attended, thank you for the great teaching and animation!

u guys are my favorite pair of teachers

Tiring casework that is simplified by combinatorics class

Thanks so much for the detailed class participation summary! It is very helpful! [My daughter] said the class is very useful and more interactive activities than other virtual class she had before!

Syllabus

The 20 course meetings are split in 16 lessons (called Day 1 through Day 16 below), and 4 homework exam discussions. Each exam discussion meeting happens after 4 lessons.

Day 1

Permutations; counting with restrictions; counting with symmetry; tree diagram for representing outcomes; casework; counting pairs of objects; correction for overcounting

Day 2

Venn diagram; combinations; number of subsets; patterns in counting; sum of consecutive powers of 2; multiplication principle; complementary counting; counting lists of numbers with restrictions; overlapping groups

Day 3

Variation on Venn diagram; union and intersection of sets; set notation; inclusion-exclusion principle; prime factors; application of counting techniques to Number Theory; divisibility

Day 4

Counting on a grid; casework; patterns in counting; rotation and reflection; rotational symmetry and reflective symmetry; factorials; permutations and combinations; correcting for overcounting

Day 5

Permutations with repeated elements; multiplication principle; factorials; correction for overcounting; casework; binomial coefficients; "choose" notation; rotational and reflective symmetry

Day 6

Binomial coefficients; Pascal's triangle; symmetry of binomial coefficients; patterns in Pascal's triangle; Pascal's identity; comparing binomial coefficients; hockey stick identity; combinations; casework

Day 7

Binomial thm; Pascal's triangle, row sum of and relation to powers of 2; symmetry of binomial coefficients; number of subsets; powers of 11; applications of Binomial thm

Day 8

Casework; allocation-of-resource problems and arrangements; complementary counting; permutations with repeated elements; application of binomial coefficients

Day 9

Paths on a grid; using diagrams; permutations with repeated elements; factorials; binomial coefficients; complementary counting; reduction of a problem into subproblems; symmetry; difference of squares

Day 10

Tiling problems; recursive sequences; permutations with repeated elements; aₙ notation for elements of a sequence; binomial coefficients and choose notation; case analysis; Fibonacci sequences

Day 11

Correction for overcounting; patterns in counting; case analysis; counting with restrictions; multiple recursions; applications to recursion and tiling problems; general form of a recursive formula

Day 12

Graph theory basics; coloring problems; node, vertex, and graph; case analysis; symmetry; pigeonhole principle; four-color theorem; complementary counting; permutations; tree diagrams

Day 13

Counting ordered lists; case analysis; triangular numbers and their relationship to binomial coefficients; hockey stick identity; Pascal's triangle; ways to partition N objects (stars and bars); number of subsets

Day 14

Committee-type problems and ways to form pairs; correction for overcounting; permutations; factorials; multiplication principle; double factorial notation; applications of tiling techniques to word problems

Day 15

Application of counting techniques to word problems; shortest path problems; representing states using diagrams; breadth-first search technique

Day 16

Polyhedra vertices, edges and faces; Euler's polyhedral formula and motivation for; correction for overcounting; Platonic solids; stellated dodecahedron

Co-Stars

JESSE BRODTMAN

Harvard Class of 2028 • National President of Math Honor Society • AIME Qualifier • Placed top 4 in national math competitions • Perfect score on APCSA

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JESSIE WANG

USAJMO Qualifier • MPFG Qualifier • Attended MATHCOUNTS State (TX) twice • Enjoys watching hockey

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Refund Policy

No refund requests will be accepted after the student’s second LIVE session starts; Refund amount: 90% refund in the original payment method or 100% refund in course credits.