The course Combinatorics I and II is an introduction into the field of enumerative combinatorics.
Learning objective
Upon completion of the course, students are able to classify combinatorial problems and to apply adequate techniques to solve them.
Content
Contents of the lectures Combinatorics I and II: congruence transformation of the plane, symmetry groups of geometric figures, Euler's function, Cayley graphs, formal power series, permutation groups, cycles, Bunside's lemma, cycle index, Polya's theorems, applications to graph theory and isomers.
Prerequisites / Notice
Recognition of credits as an elective course in the Mathematics Bachelor's or Master's Programmes is only possible if you have not received credits for the course unit 401-3052-00L Combinatorics (which was for the last time taught in the spring semester 2008).
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Performance assessment as a semester course