Advanced Graph Theory
MATH 8420 — Spring 2026

Course Schedule

The following list of lectures and homeworks is tentative until the ??'s are removed (which should happen by the end of the day each Thursday).
Week Lecture dates Sections HW assignment
1 1/13, 1/15 Basics, Turan Problem for C4 Review Chapter 0 in the notes
2 1/20, 1/22 Turan Problems for Cliques and Trees Chapter 0: 1, 4. Chapter 1: 3abc, 4ab
3 1/27, 1/29 Dirac Problems, The Adjacency Matrix Chapter 1: 8, 9ab, 10
4 2/3, 2/5 Beyond Adjacency Matrices, Ramsey Basics Chapter 1: 13, 14. Chapter 2: 1a, 4
5 2/10, 2/12 ??Ramsey, Colorings Chapter 10: 1, 5ab, 7
6 2/17, 2/19 ??Colorings ??Chapter 3: 6ab, 7, 9c
7 2/24, 2/26 ??Probabilistic Method, Flows
8 3/3, 3/5 ??Regularity and Removal Lemmas
9 3/10, 3/12 ??Supersaturation and Stability
10 3/17, 3/19 Spring Break (No Classes)
11 3/24, 3/26 ??Hypergraphs, Bonus/Advanced Topics
12 3/31, 4/2
13 4/7, 4/9
14 4/14, 4/16
15 4/21, 4/23
16 4/30 Final Exam Due