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Syllabus Joint Combinatorics and Model Theory seminar - 80666
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Last update 02-09-2018
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Mathematics

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: English

Campus: E. Safra

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof Itay Kaplan
Prof Karim Adiprasito


Coordinator Office Hours: on demand

Teaching Staff:
Prof Itay Kaplan
Prof Karim Adiprasito

Course/Module description:
We will go over recent results relating model theory and regularity lemmas and finite combinatorics in an abstract model theory framework.

Course/Module aims:

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To be familiar with some model theoretic techniques used to prove results in finite combinatorics.

Attendance requirements(%):
100%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: seminar

Course/Module Content:
Regularity lemmas, finite combinatorics, basic model theory and classification.

Required Reading:
The papers read in the seminar may include the following:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.01482
https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07701
https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.05951
https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.00908

Additional Reading Material:
Komlós, J. and Simonovits, M. (1996), "Szemerédi's regularity lemma and its applications in graph theory"

Katrin Tent and Martin Ziegler (2012), "A course in model theory"

Kaplan's lecture notes on model theory are also available per request.


Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 100 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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