Topics in Combinatorics: The Probabilistic Method

Subject associations
MAT 577
Term
Spring 2024
Instructors
Staff
Registrar description

Probabilistic methods in Combinatorics and their applications in theoretical Computer Science. The topics include linearity of expectation, the second moment method, the local lemma, correlation inequalities, martingales, large deviation inequalities, geometry, the VC dimension of a range space and its applications, and possibly more as time permits.