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MA1510: COMBINATORICS (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

Combinatorics is the branch of mathematics concerned with counting. This includes counting structures of a given kind (enumerative combinatorics), deciding when certain criteria can be met, finding "largest", "smallest", or "optimal" objects (external combinatorics and combinatorial optimization), and applying algebraic techniques to combinatorial problems (algebraic combinatorics). The course is recommended to students of mathematics and computing science.



Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Irakli Patchkoria

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

* Induction * Growth rates * Subsets and binomial coefficients (subsets of fixed size, properties of binomial coefficients, the binomial therem) * Partitions and Bell numbers * Counting with symmetry * Recurrences * Generating functions * Derangements * Principle of inclusion-exclusion * Extermal problems * The Pigeonhole Principle * Ramsey theory * Graph theory

Syllabus

  • Counting and probability, induction, growth rates.
  • Permutations, subsets, selections, the Binomial Theorem, partitions, Bell numbers.
  • Generating functions, derangements, exponential generating functions.
  • Inclusion and exclusion, Stirling numbers of the second kind.
  • Extermal set theory, intersecting families, Sperner families.
  • The Pigeonhole Principle, Ramsey numbers, Ramsey’s Theorem.
  • Graphs, paths, trees, topological graph theory, Euler’s Theorem, the Platonic solids.

Contact Teaching Time

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Teaching Breakdown

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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Best of written exam (100%) or written exam (80%) with carried forward in-course assessment (20%)

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