MA500
Mathematics: Seminar on Combinatorics, Games and Optimisation
This information is for the 2026/27 session.
Course convenor
Prof Konrad Swanepoel
James Johnston
Dr Galit Ashkenazi-Golan
Shengding Sun
Rai Saona Urmeneta
Prof Julia Boettcher
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Mathematics. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Other members of the research community are welcome to attend.
Course content
The seminar ranges over many areas of pure and applied mathematics. The emphasis is on topics in discrete mathematics, optimisation and algorithms, and game theory. The seminar is regarded as an important part of research students' formal training and they are expected to attend and contribute.
Teaching
33 hours of seminars and 33 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.
33 hours of seminars and 33 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.
21 hours of seminars and 21 hours of seminars in the Spring Term.
Key facts
Department: Mathematics
Course study period: Autumn, Winter and Spring Term
Unit value: Non-credit bearing
FHEQ level: Level 8
Total students 2025/26: 4
Average class size 2025/26: 4
Controlled access 2025/26: NoCourse selection videos
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Personal development skills
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