Course Identification

Title:

A workshop in problem solving

Code:

20254102

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Ran Tessler

TA's:

Elad Tzalik

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Tuesday, 14:00 - 17:00, Goldsmith, Rm 208

First Lecture:

25/03/2025

End date:

01/07/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Mathematics and Computer Science: Workshop; Elective; Regular; 4.00 points

Comments

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Prerequisites

First degree in math.

Restrictions

Participants:

10

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

30%

Assignments:

70%

Evaluation Type

No final exam or assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

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Location

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Time

-

Remarks

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

6

Syllabus

We will study various methods and techniques in solving mathematical problems (most will require a knowledge of first degree in Math and for the others I'll provide some short reading tasks before hand). We will also prove some classical and some very modern beautiful theorems from different areas of mathematics.

Every week about 10 new problems will be assigned and we will discuss the solutions of the problems from previous weeks.

The TA session will practice additional proof techniques, which might be to involved for home assignments.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Address unfamiliar problems
Master techniques and methods for solving problems in various areas of mathematics.
Learn some classical theorems and their proofs from different areas of mathematics.
Work on problems as an individual or as part of a team.

Reading List

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Website

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