Course Identification

Title:

The probabilistic method

Code:

20194172

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Ehud Friedgut

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2019

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 11:00 - 14:00, Jacob Ziskind Building, Rm 155

First Lecture:

24/03/2019

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Mathematics and Computer Science: Lecture; Elective; 3.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

100

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

10%

Final:

90%

presentation

Evaluation Type

Take-home exam

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

Syllabus

We will cover approximately six chapters from the book "The probabilistic method" by Alon and Spencer.

Learning Outcomes

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

[1] Apply the probabilistic method in a variety of combinatorial settings.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A