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== Catalog entry ==
 
== Catalog entry ==
  
''Prerequisite'': Algebra and Number Systems (MAT 1313), or Discrete Mathematical Structures (CS 2233/2231), or instructor consent.
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''Prerequisite'':Discrete Mathematics (MAT 3003) or Real Analysis I (MAT 4213), or instructor consent.
  
 
''Contents''
 
''Contents''
(1) Basic counting principles: Permutations, combinations, binomial coefficients, arrangements with repetitions.
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 The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms, ordinals and cardinals, the Axiom of Foundation, the Reflection Principle, ordinal-definable sets, relative consistency of the Axiom of Choice, Fraenkel-Mostowski models, relative consistency of the negation of the Axiom of Choice, consistency of the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis.
(2) The Inclusion-Exclusion principle.
 
(3) Graph models: Isomorphisms, edge counting, planar graphs.
 
(4) Covering circuits and graph colorings: Euler circuits, Hamilton circuits, graph colorings, Ramsey's theorem
 
(5) Network algorithms: Shortest path, minimum spanning trees, matching algorithms, transportation problems.
 
(6) Order relations: Partially ordered sets, totally ordered sets, extreme elements (maximum, minimum, maximal and minimal elements), well-ordered sets, maximality principles.
 
 
 
== Sample textbooks ==
 
 
 
[1] Vladlen Koltun, ''Discrete Structures, Lecture Notes, Stanford University'', 2008. Freely available online [https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs103x/cs103x-notes.pdf here]
 
 
 
[2] Alan Tucker, ''Applied Combinatorics'', Freely available online [https://www.isinj.com/mt-usamo/Applied%20Combinatorics%20(6th%20Edition)%20by%20Alan%20Tucker%20Wiley%20(2012).pdf here]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Topics List==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Week !! Topic !! Sections from Tucker's book !! Subtopics !! Prerequisite
 
|-
 
|  1-2 
 
|| [[Basic counting principles]]
 
|| 5.1-5.5
 
|| Permutations, combinations, binomial coefficients, arrangements with repetitions
 
|| MAT1313, CS2233/2231, or instructor consent.
 
|-
 
|  3 
 
|| [[Inclusion-Exclusion Principle]]
 
|| 8.1-8.2
 
|| Counting with Venn diagrams.
 
|-
 
|  4-
 
|| [[Graph models]]
 
|| 12.1-12.3
 
|| Isomorphism, edge counting, planar graphs.
 
|-
 
|  7-8 
 
|| [[Covering circuits]]
 
|| 2.1-2.4
 
|| Euler circuits, Hamilton circuits, graph colorings, coloring theorems.
 
|-
 
|  9-10 
 
|| [[Trees]]
 
|| 3.1-3.4
 
|| Search trees, spanning trees, the Traveling Salesman Problem
 
|-
 
|  11-13 
 
|| [[Network algorithms]]
 
|| 4.1-4.5
 
|| Shortest path , minimum spanning trees, matching algorithms, transportation problems.
 
|}
 

Revision as of 17:11, 24 March 2026

Catalog entry

Prerequisite:Discrete Mathematics (MAT 3003) or Real Analysis I (MAT 4213), or instructor consent.

Contents  The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms, ordinals and cardinals, the Axiom of Foundation, the Reflection Principle, ordinal-definable sets, relative consistency of the Axiom of Choice, Fraenkel-Mostowski models, relative consistency of the negation of the Axiom of Choice, consistency of the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis.