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Combinatorics (Small Specialization Module)
(dt. Kombinatorik (kleines Vertiefungsmodul))

Level, degree of commitment Specialization module, compulsory elective module
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Lecture (3 SWS), recitation class (1 SWS) or lecture (2 SWS), seminar (2 SWS),
180 hours (60 h attendance, 120 h private study)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 6 CP
Course requirement(s): Successful completion of at least 50 percent of the points from the weekly exercises or presentation with written assignment.
Examination type: Written or oral examination
Language,
Grading		 German,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program M.Sc. Mathematics.
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
irregular
Person in charge of the module's outline Prof. Dr. Volkmar Welker

Contents

Special combinatorial structures and their mathematical context are investigated. Specialized methods for the investigation of structures are developed and applied. The possible conclusions about the mathematical context in which the structures occur are worked out.


Qualification Goals

Students

  • are able to analyze specific combinatorial structures,
  • apply methods tailored to special combinatorial structures,
  • to recognize and investigate combinatorial structures in the context of other mathematical disciplines.

They deepen

  • the practice of mathematical methods (development of mathematical intuition and its formal justification, training of the ability to abstract, proof methods),
  • in the recitation classes, their oral communication skills through discussion and free speech in front of an audience.

Prerequisites

None. The competences taught in the following modules are recommended: either Foundations of Mathematics and Linear Algebra I and Linear Algebra II or Basic Linear Algebra, either Analysis I and Analysis II or Basic Real Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, either Elementary Stochastics or Algebra. In addition, depending on the focus, the competences that are taught in one of the modules Elementary Stochastics or Algebra are recommended.


Applicability

Module imported from M.Sc. Mathematics.

It can be attended at FB12 in study program(s)

  • B.Sc. Mathematics
  • M.Sc. Computer Science
  • M.Sc. Mathematics
  • LAaG Mathematics

When studying B.Sc. Mathematics, this module can be attended in the study area Compulsory Elective Modules in Mathematics.

The module is assigned to Pure Mathematics. Further information on eligibility can be found in the description of the study area.


Recommended Reading

  • A. Björner, F. Brenti, Combinatorics of Coxeter groups, Springer, 2005.
  • B. Bollobas, Random graphs, Cambridge, 2001.
  • M. de Longueville, A course in topological combinatorics, Springer, 2012.



Please note:

This page describes a module according to the latest valid module guide in Winter semester 2021/22. Most rules valid for a module are not covered by the examination regulations and can therefore be updated on a semesterly basis. The following versions are available in the online module guide:

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