Academic Catalog

IAM727 SPECIAL TOPICS: COMBINATORICS

Course Code: 9700727
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Institute Of Applied Mathematics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. OÐUZ YAYLA
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course explores advanced combinatorial techniques including counting principles. generating functions. the probabilistic method. and algebraic tools. Topics include extremal and enumerative combinatorics. graph theory. combinatorial designs. and geometric combinatorics. with applications to coding theory. cryptography. and discrete optimization.