MAS334 Combinatorics (10 credits)

Year Running: 2015/2016

Credit level: F6

Pre-requisites

MAS2001

Description

Combinatorics is the mathematics of selections and combinations. For example, given a collection of sets, when is it possible to choose a different element from each of them? That simple question leads to Hall's Theorem, a far-reaching result with applications to counting and pairing problems throughout mathematics.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	80.0
Lecture	20.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Exam	2.5	100 %	S1

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