Discrete Mathematics (MATH7861)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
School
Mathematics & Physics School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Lecture 3 Hours/ Week
Practical 1 Hour/ Week
3L1T
Incompatible
MATH1061 (co-taught), MATH1081
Assessment methods
Assignments, examination
Course enquiries
Associate Professor Barbara Maenhaut (Semester 1, Regular, St Lucia, In person), (Semester 2, Regular, St Lucia, In person)
Associate Professor Barbara Maenhaut
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
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Course description
Propositional & predicate logic, valid arguments. Elementary set theory. Elementary graph theory. Relations & functions, categories. Induction & recursive definitions. Counting methods (pigeonhole, inclusion/exclusion). Introductory probability. Binary operations, semi-groups, groups, fields. Applications of finite fields. Elementary number theory.