Van Ha Vu, newly named as the Percey F. Smith Professor of Mathematics, studies combinatorics, probability, additive number theory, and theoretical computer science. Vu received his Ph.D. in ...

This seminar may be of interest to students who intend to write a master thesis with one of the organizers. Required is some knowledge of probability theory (for example, the courses on "Stochastics" ...

Combinatorics and discrete mathematics form a vibrant and expansive branch of modern mathematics, dedicated to the study of finite or countable structures and the methods used to count, classify, and ...

The Optimisation and Algorithms (OA) Group conducts research and teaching in the theory and applications of Operations Research (OR). The group's foremost interest is in fundamental research in OR and ...

Let V be an n-set, and let X be a random variable taking values in the power-set of V. Suppose we are given a sequence of random coupons X₁, X₂,…, where the Xi are independent random variables with ...