Discrete and algebraic structures
LV-Nr. MAT.402UF (Lecture), MAT.403UF (Exercises)
M. Kang, P. Sprüssel
Institute of Discrete Mathematics
Winter term 2021/22
The lecture is held from 4 October 2021 to 13 December 2021,
Mondays from 8:00AM to 10:00AM and Tuesdays from 8:00AM to 9:45AM.
The exercises take place Thursdays from 3:30PM to 5:00PM.
Due to the lecture not taking place on various holidays, the exercises will also take breaks during
some weeks. Please consult the schedule in TUGonline for a full list of dates.
The venue is chosen depending on the respective Corona traffic light status:
| Part I: | Algebraic Structures |
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| Chapter 1: Multilinear Algebra | |
| Chapter 2: Rings and modules | |
| Part II: | Combinatorics and Graph Theory |
| Chapter 3: Combinatorics | |
| Chapter 4: Graph Theory | |
| Chapter 5: Stochastic Aspects |
| Winter term 2021/22: | Mon, 17 January 2022, 8:00-10:00 |
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| Summer term 2022: | Fri, 11 March 2022, 16:00-18:00 |
| Fri, 29 April 2022, 16:00-18:00 | |
| Fri, 10 June 2022, 16:00-18:00 | |
| Winter term 2022/23: | TBA |
| TBA |
| P | < | 10 | nicht genügend (5), | ||
| 10 | ≤ | P | < | 12.5 | genügend (4), |
| 12.5 | ≤ | P | < | 15 | befriedigend (3), |
| 15 | ≤ | P | < | 17.5 | gut (2), |
| 17.5 | ≤ | P | ≤ | 20 | sehr gut (1). |
The exercises will be graded based both on the participation in the exercise sessions and points gained in a written exam at the end of the course. The exam will take 90 minutes; there will be a makeup exam end of february/beginning of march for those who missed the original exam or did not gain enough points to pass. For those who take part in the makeup exam, the points from that exam will replace the points from the original exam. The exams will either take place in a lecture hall or via video conference, according to traffic light status with the same rules as described above
| Regular exam: | Thu, 13 January, 15:30-17:00 |
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| Makeup exam: | TBA |
The exercise sheets will be available at the bottom of this page about a week before the respective exercise session. You can then use an online system (link below) to mark which exercises you solved. The deadline for marking is precisely one hour before the start of the session. After the deadline, no changes can be made. The choice who shall present their solution of which exercise in class is made by a random generator. If you mark an exercise, you need to be present at the respective exercise session.
Points will also be awarded for presenting solutions of exercises. Everyone needs to present at least one solution in order to pass.
You should present solutions in a way that enables the other participants to follow your arguments. If it becomes apparent that someone did not do an exercise they marked in the system (it is fine if the exercise has been done, but mistakes have been made), this can be penalised by scaling all points from the exercises by 0.5. The same holds if someone marks exercises and does not turn up to the exercise session.
Attention: Keep in mind that in case of an online class, you present your solution via a video conference. The optimal way would be if you have the possibility to write the solution during the presentation (e.g. using a tablet or a camera filming you writing on paper). If such methods are not available to you, prepare your written solution as a file (e.g. scan or photograph the handwritten solution) that you can then share during the exercise session while verbally explaining the solution.
Before you log in for the first time, enter your student ID number; the system
will then automatically send a password to your student email address. The system
will update the list of participants daily. If you just registered for
the course, it might take a day until the system recognises you.
As stated above, exercise classes might take place via video conference if the traffic light status requires us to do so. For presenting solutions during such exercis classes, you will have to be able to attend a Webex meeting with a device that has a working microphone. A webcam or a tablet (in order to write on the screen) would be a plus, but are not strictly necessary.
The total number of points is the sum P of the points M gained by marking solved exercises in the online system (M≤15), the points S for presenting solutions (S≤5), and the points E from the exam (E≤20). Depending on P, the grade will be
| P | < | 20 | nicht genügend (5), | ||
| 20 | ≤ | P | < | 25 | genügend (4), |
| 25 | ≤ | P | < | 30 | befriedigend (3), |
| 30 | ≤ | P | < | 35 | gut (2), |
| 35 | ≤ | P | ≤ | 40 | sehr gut (1). |