Course: Combinatorics 2

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Course title Combinatorics 2
Course code KAG/KOM2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lachman Dominik, Mgr.
  • Švrček Jaroslav, RNDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Special matrices. 2. The Van der Warden problem, Burnside's lemma. 3. Geometrical methods in combinatorics. 4. Extremal geometrical constants 5. Matroids.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Manage of using of combinatorial methods.
5. Synthesis Summarise all gained combinatorial experience in applications
Prerequisites
unspecified
KAG/DKOM7

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Credit: the student has to solve 5 combinatorial problems (homework) assigned during the course and has to pass one written test (i.e. to obtain at least half of the possible points). Exam: the student has to understand the subject and be able to prove the main results.
Recommended literature
  • Bosák J. (1976). Latinské čtverce. ŠMM Mladá fronta Praha.
  • Chen C. C., Koh K. M. (2004). Principles and Techiques in Combinatorics. World Scientific New Jersey.
  • Matoušek J., Nešetřil J. (2010). Kapitoly z diskrétní matematiky. Praha, Karolinum.
  • Meňšikov S., Revjakin A. M., Kopylova A. N. (1982). Kombinatornyj analiz. Nauka Moskva.
  • Rota G. C. (1978). Studies in Combinatorics. MAA Washington.


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