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Discrete Mathematics - IIT Ropar

By Prof. Sudarshan Iyengar, Prof. Anil Shukla   |   IIT Ropar
Learners enrolled: 3313   |  Exam registration: 389
ABOUT THE COURSE :
The course will be an introduction to Discrete Mathematics which comprises of the essentials for a computer science student to go ahead and study any other topics in  the subject. The emphasis will be on problem solving as well as proofs. We will be providing motivational illustrations and applications through out the course. The course doesn't assume any pre-requisites except for high school level arithmetic and algebra.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Any Interested Learners

INDUSTRY SUPPORT:   Every industry expects candidates to have good aptitude. This course sharpens the overall Quant skills.
Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Core
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Foundations of Computing
  • Foundations of Mathematics
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 22 Jul 2024
End Date : 11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends : 05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends : 16 Aug 2024
Exam Date : 26 Oct 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:  Counting
Week 2:  Set Theory
Week 3:  Logic
Week 4:  Relations
Week 5:  Functions
Week 6:  Mathematical Induction and Pegionhole Principle
Week 7:  Graph Theory - 01
Week 8:  Graph Theory - 02
Week 9:  Graph Theory - 03 and Generating Functions
Week 10: Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion
Week 11: Recurrence relations
Week 12: Advanced Topics

Books and references

1. Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics by Ralph P Grimaldi 
2. Discrete Mathematics and its Applications by Kenneth H Rosen

Instructor bio

Prof. Sudarshan Iyengar

IIT Ropar
Prof. Sudarshan Iyengar, Associate Professor at the CSE at IIT Ropar has a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). An exemplary teacher who has delivered over 350 popular science talks to students of high school and advanced graduate programmes. Dr. Sudarshan has offered more than 100 hours of online lectures with novel teaching methodologies that have reached lakhs of Students. His research interests include Data Sciences, Social Computing, Social Networks, Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourced Technologies and Secure Computation


Prof. Anil Shukla

Prof. Anil Shukla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Ropar. He completed his Ph.D from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India. His research interests lie in the areas of Computational Complexity, Proof Complexity, and Graph Theory.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 26 October 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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