UCL - Advanced topics in discrete mathematics

[INMA2472]

[30h + 22.5h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Show the usefulness of discrete mathematics as a modelling tool.
Develop in an advanced way a particular topic, possibly associated with an application.

Main themes

The course offers an introduction to an advanced and (if possible) current issue of discrete mathematics.

Content and teaching methods

The course contents may vary from one year to another and can tackle, for example, graphs and networks issues, discrete dynamical systems, coding, datamining, algorithmics, and questions at the interface of theoretical computing.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

A sufficient knowledge of linear algebra and graph theory is required.