Mathematics for Computer Scientists III

Dear MfCS 3 students,

A sheet consisting of 18 sample exercises for exam preparation has been uploaded to CMS (under Materials). Note that there will be only 9 problems in the final exam, with a difficulty level comparable to those in the sheet. Please be aware that topics for the final exam are not limited to those mentioned in the exercise sheet. Due to the moderate number of exercises, there are unfortunately no sample solutions for them. You can revisit the weekly assignment sheets as well as the tutorial exercise sheets to try solving them on your own.

Have a nice weekend!

Unfortunately, due to health problems, I will not be able to give the lecture on Friday 13 December. I apologise for this.

I would like to ask you to work through slides 256-264 (i.e. up to Theorem 2.9.4) and the corresponding handwritten notes on your own.

Exercise 36 on Exercise Sheet 9 requires the theory introduced on slides 256-261. Therefore, the points for this exercise will be bonus points. The solution to Exercise 36 is similar to that of Example 2.8.3.

Dear students,

many of you still have no team for the assignment sheets. If you have difficulties in finding team members, we invite you to write to your tutor. He or she can connect you with fellow students who don't have a team yet. Working in a team and explainig your solution to others is the best possible preparation for the exam.

Best regards,

Susanna Fromm

Dear MfCS 3 students,

As the general tutorial (the lecture and office hours as well) will be canceled tomorrow due to the holiday, we have uploaded a sample solution for Assignment sheet 02 to CMS for your reference.

Moreover, we will weekly upload assignment sheets in German (along with the English version) on Wednesdays, and also tutorial sheets on Friday mornings to CMS.

I have been asked by students to provide specific cross-references for each section. I have now added such references, which can be found on the title page of each section. Links to these books can be found at the bottom of the main page (in CMS).

I have also been asked to create a separate set of slides for each lecture. Please note, however, that the sequential slides are hyperlinked so that you can easily click through to the referenced point. For this obvious reason, I will not comply with this request.

Dear MfCS 3 students,

It appears that, at the moment, your CMS personal pages do not display the languages of the tutorials (usually indicated in the tutorial type). To address this issue, we have uploaded a detailed list of tutorials in the "Materials" section for your reference. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Just a friendly reminder that our small tutorial groups will begin next week (from Monday, 21 October onward), and the general tutorial will start on Friday, 25 October.

Dear MfCS 3 students,

Here are some important information regarding small-group tutorials:

• You are now able to change your tutorial preferences (via CMS). Please do this before Friday, 18 October, at 11:00 AM, and please take the tutorial languages into account.
• Afterwards, we will assign you to small-group tutorials based on your preferences, and you will soon receive information about your assigned tutorials.
• After 11:30 AM, Friday, 18 October, the function "Team Groupings" in CMS will be available for you to use. Please only team up with other students in the same tutorial.
• You can also use Forum in CMS to find partners for joint submissions.

We do not expect all of you to find teams for the first submission, but we hope that this can be done by the second submission.
You may want to check the file titled 'General Information' in the Materials tab for more details. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.