IV119 Seminar on Discrete Mathematical Methods

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Petr Hliněný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Obdržálek, PhD. (assistant)
Reshma Ramadurai, PhD. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Supplier department: Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:50 G123
Prerequisites
Basics of university mathematics (IB000 is enough).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of this seminar is to introduce interested students into the beauties of mathematics and of clean mathematical proofs. This will teach students "mathematical thinking" - to make their own new proofs in all areas of mathematics and theoretical computer science.
Syllabus
  • Selected nice topics from "Proofs from THE BOOK"; TBA. * Number theory * Combinatorics * Combinatorial geometry * Graph theory
Literature
    required literature
  • AIGNER, Martin and Günter M. ZIEGLER. Proofs from the book. Berlin: Springer, 1998, viii, 199. ISBN 3540636986. info
Teaching methods
This is a seminar; the lectures will consist of informal presentations by the teachers and also by participating students, and of scientific discussion.
Assessment methods
Students are evaluated by their active participation in lectures, and according to their own presentation of assigned topic.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~hlineny/stud-cz.html#seminarDM
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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