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Syllabus DISCRETE MATHEMATICS for Odyssey program - 49680
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Last update 04-04-2025
HU Credits: 5

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Young Scientist

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: E. Safra

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Alex Gourevich

Coordinator Email: youth@math.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours:

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Alex Gourevich,
Mr. Ben Baskin

Course/Module description:
1. Logic – Boolean operations, truth tables, propositional calculus and semantic
2. Set theory – operations on sets, Cartesian product, functions
3. Relations - equivalence and order relations, partially ordered sets
4. Counting problems – counting with and without order importance, set partitions
5. Identities - the binomial and multinomial formulas, combinatorial and algebraic proofs
6. Reflection method - Catalan numbers
7. Inclusion-exclusion principal – enumeration surjective maps, enumeration permutations without fixed point, Euler’s function
8. Induction and recursion – proofs by complete induction, solving of combinatorial problems with the aid of recursion, Fibonacci numbers
9. Pigeonhole principle – Erdos-Szekeres theorem
10.Asymptotic analysis - asymptotic analysis of combinatorial problems
11. Graphs – paths, connectivity, cycles, trees, bipartite graphs, Eulerian trails and cycles, Hamiltonian trails and cycles, matching, Hall's marriage theorem, colored graphs, Ramsey theory
Additional topics may be studied.

Course/Module aims:
Providing basic notions of Discrete Math and developing the ability to solve problems.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Solve elementary problems in set theory, combinatorics, and graph theory.

Attendance requirements(%):
80%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lecture + exercise session

Course/Module Content:
1. Logic – Boolean operations, truth tables, propositional calculus and semantic
2. Set theory – operations on sets, Cartesian product, functions
3. Relations - equivalence and order relations, partially ordered sets
4. Counting problems – counting with and without order importance, set partitions
5. Identities - the binomial and multinomial formulas, combinatorial and algebraic proofs
6. Reflection method - Catalan numbers
7. Inclusion-exclusion principal – enumeration surjective maps, enumeration permutations without fixed point, Euler’s function
8. Induction and recursion – proofs by complete induction, solving of combinatorial problems with the aid of recursion, Fibonacci numbers
9. Pigeonhole principle – Erdos-Szekeres theorem
10.Asymptotic analysis - asymptotic analysis of combinatorial problems
11. Graphs – paths, connectivity, cycles, trees, bipartite graphs, Eulerian trails and cycles, Hamiltonian trails and cycles, matching, the marriage theorem, colored graphs, Ramsey theory
Additional topics may be studied.

Required Reading:
none

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam 90 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 10 %

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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