Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE MAT1411

 
TITLE Discrete Methods

 
UM LEVEL 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Mathematics

 
DESCRIPTION - Permutations,
- Combinations,
- Partitions of a set,
- The inclusion-exclusion principle;

- Recurrence relations,
- Generating functions,
- Partitions of a positive integer.

Textbooks:

One of

- Biggs N.L., Discrete Mathematics, Oxford Science Publications, Clarendon Press, 2nd Edition, 2002.
or
- Dossey J.A., Otto A.D., Spence L.E. and Eynden C.V., Discrete Mathematics, Addison–Wesley, 5th Edition, 2006.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Leads to: MAT2413

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Examination (2 Hours) SEM2 Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Josef Lauri

 

 
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