Feedback for Discrete Mathematics
Dear student
We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.
We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.
In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.
The link to give your feedback is :
https://docs.google.com/a/nptel.iitm.ac.in/forms/d/10yGEL95i_i35HPqE_MTGvUqmGFcejti2t2KuQWUAESU/edit#
We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.
Thanks & Regards,
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Solutions to problems uploaded
There is a new topic in Revision unit which gives the links to the solutions for Exercise sets 1, 2 and Quizzes 1, 2, 3.
Hall ticket for April 24th / 30th NPTEL Online Certification exams
Dear Candidate:
If you have registered for the April 24th/ 30th NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket link is at:
https://www3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/2759/login.html
Please login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access and download the hall ticket(s) for the April 24th / 30th exams, from the link.
Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on April 24th / 30th 2016.
Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a valid ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams - 1 on April 24th and another on April 30th, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets.
Note2: Exam time : 2 PM to 5 PM.
Note3: Bulk Candidates - If you had not given us your photo/signature on time, the hall ticket will appear with a dummy photo/signature. That is fine. Please appear for exam with print out of hall ticket, valid ID card and your college ID.
NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team
Reach us at: nptel@iitm.ac.in
Last chance to register for the exams - Don't miss"Register today"
Dear Student:
The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.
Registration is extended upto APRIL 3, 2016 - 5 PM(SUNDAY) .
The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.
Only if you are enrolled in a 10 hr / 40 hr course you will be able to login here. After login go to the link - "Registration Open for 10-hr/40-hr April 24th/ 30th exams".
Dates of exam: 24th April 2016 (or) 30th April 2016
Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
Mode of payment: Only online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking
The hall ticket will be available for download from 3rd week of April 2016. You will get an email once the hall ticket is ready.
Certificate will be awarded to candidates who register and attend the certificate examination. The scores obtained by the student in the assignments and in the proctored exam will be used to compute the final score printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website, where on logging in, your assignment scores and your score in the proctored certification exam will be displayed. Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.
IMPORTANT NOTES
1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LINK TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment. Its not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.
Courses with exam on April 24th/ 30th : http://nptel.ac.in/
2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: - Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay individually using the above form. While doing so the reduced fee will automatically apply.
3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- If you are paying fee via Local chapter of your college using the DD option, ONLY After the SPOC of your college has finished uploading the Bulk-Payment details for the April exam, please come to this form and add your signature, photo and certificate (in case of SC/ST). This step is mandatory fr generating the hall ticket.
4) ONLY FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR 1 40-Hr COURSE BUT WANT TO REGISTER NOW FOR A 10-HR COURSE: This is not possible via the system as now the page will now be static. So you can send a DD to our office for the 2nd exam and send us via email with subject as "April Exam: second course registration" to nptel@iitm.ac.in with scanned copy of the DD, your registered application sequence number generated, the 2nd exam city, 2nd exam date and 2nd course name.
DD must be favoring "The registrar, IIT Madras". DD must reach our office address -"Attn: Ganapathy,
NPTEL Office
Webstudio, 3rd Floor, IC & SR Building
IIT Madras
Chennai- 600036
Phone: 044-22575905/ 08
Email: nptel@iitm.ac.in" before March 25th 2016.
If you have registered and need some changes/ want to report an issue, do it here: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/
Lecture notes uploaded
Lecture notes for all the lectures until Generating Functions (Part 4) have been uploaded.
Deadline extension for Quiz 3
The deadline for Quiz 3 has been extended to 28th March 23:59 IST.
Have you registered for the certification exam? If not, do it today!
Dear candidate
Hope you are following the course and doing the
assignments. Here is the chance for you to get a certificate from the
IITs for the hard work you have put in.
Type of exam for this course: Online Objective
The
questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be
entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice
questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc
Calculation of final score: 30% of assignments(10% for each assignment) + 70% of Final exam score
So register today at:http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
Exam registration form closes on 1 April 2016 at 5pm.
More details regarding this have been posted in the previous announcement. Please check the "Announcement" section of the portal for this.
Legend for certificate:
1. The certificate for a student scoring lesser than 35% get the tag "certificate of participation"
2. A student who scores above 35% to 59% gets the Certificate for "successfully completing the course"
3. A student who scores above 60% to 89% gets the tag "Elite" printed at the top of the certificate.
3. A student who scores above 90% will have "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.
Attached are also samples of the certificates you will get on writing the exam, based on the final score obtained.
Photos of Toppers in every course are published on the website http://nptel.ac.in/noc website along with the name of the college/organization you belong to". Click here to take a look at a sample page:
http://nptel.ac.in/noc/individual_course.php?id=noc15-me08
Good luck!
NPTEL team
Quiz 3 uploaded
Quiz 3 is uploaded and the deadline is March 25, 2016. This quiz contributes substantially to the final grade.
Gentle reminder: Exam Registration for 40 Hr courses - April exams (24th/ 30th)
Dear Student:
Enroll today!!
Registration is open from 26th FEB 2016 (Friday) until 1st April 2016 5 PM (Friday).
The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
Login here and then go to "Registration open for 40 hour April 24th/30th exams"
(Only if you are enrolled in a 10 hr / 20 hr/ 40-Hr course that started on Jan 18th, you will be able to login here)
Dates of exam: 24th April 2016 (or) 30 April 2016
Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
Mode of payment: Only online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking
The hall ticket will be available for download from 2nd/3rd week of April 2016.
Certificate
will be awarded to candidates who register and attend the certificate
examination. The scores obtained by the student in the assignments and
in the proctored exam will be used to compute the final score printed on
the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL
website, where on logging in, your assignment scores and your score in
the proctored certification exam will be displayed. Please do regularly
submit assignments to get a good final score.
IMPORTANT NOTES
1)
The exam dates - April 24th/ April 30th 2016 is for all the 35 Courses (
18 40-hr courses and 17 10-Hr courses), so choose the certification
exams you want to write wisely.
2) For students who
plan to write certification exams for the 17 10-Hour courses that are
starting March 14th 2016, the exam dates are the same as the 40-Hr
courses i.e on April 24th/ April 30th 2016 - but the registration form
is not yet available. SO, If you are planning to write any 10-hr course
exams, PLEASE DO NOT do your exam registration for the April 24th/
April 30th 2016 40-Hr courses now as once payment for 1 exam
registration is done, the form will become static and you will not be
able to register for the 2nd exam- i.e 10-hr exam. PLEASE REGISTER AFTER
MARCH 15th 2016
3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LINK TO WRITE
MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after
payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam
date, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams,
please choose suitably and make the payment. Its not possible to pay
later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration
form will be non-editable.
Courses with exam on April 24th/ 30th :
http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/pdf/Courses%20with%20exams%20on%20April%2024-May%2030%202016.pdf
4)
FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -
Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay
individually using the above form. While doing so the reduced fee will
automatically apply.
5) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE
LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- If you are paying fee via Local chapter
of your college using the DD option, ONLY After the SPOC of your college
has finished uploading the Bulk-Payment details for the March exam,
please come to this form and add your signature, photo and certificate
(in case of SC/ST). This step is mandatory for generating the hall
ticket.
If you have registered and need some changes/ want to report an issue, do it here: http://nptel.ac
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
Deadline extension for Quiz 2
The deadline for Quiz 2 has been extended to 11th March 23:59 IST.
Exam Registration for 40 Hr courses - April exams (24th/ 30th)
Dear Student:
Here is the much-awaited announcement on
registering for the April 2016 certification exam. The registration for
the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the
course.
Registration is open from 26th FEB 2016 (Friday) until 1st April 2016 5 PM (Friday).
The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
Login here and then go to "Registration open for 40 hour April 24th/30th exams"
(Only if you are enrolled in a 10 hr / 20 hr/ 40-Hr course that started on Jan 18th, you will be able to login here)
Dates of exam: 24th April 2016 (or) 30 April 2016
Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
Mode of payment: Only online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking
The hall ticket will be available for download from 2nd/3rd week of April 2016.
Certificate
will be awarded to candidates who register and attend the certificate
examination. The scores obtained by the student in the assignments and
in the proctored exam will be used to compute the final score printed on
the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL
website, where on logging in, your assignment scores and your score in
the proctored certification exam will be displayed. Please do regularly
submit assignments to get a good final score.
IMPORTANT NOTES
1)
The exam dates - April 24th/ April 30th 2016 is for all the 35 Courses (
18 40-hr courses and 17 10-Hr courses), so choose the certification
exams you want to write wisely.
2) For students who
plan to write certification exams for the 17 10-Hour courses that are
starting March 14th 2016, the exam dates are the same as the 40-Hr
courses i.e on April 24th/ April 30th 2016 - but the registration form
is not yet available. SO, If you are planning to write any 10-hr course
exams, PLEASE DO NOT do your exam registration for the April 24th/
April 30th 2016 40-Hr courses now as once payment for 1 exam
registration is done, the form will become static and you will not be
able to register for the 2nd exam- i.e 10-hr exam. PLEASE REGISTER AFTER
MARCH 15th 2016
3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LINK TO WRITE
MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after
payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam
date, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams,
please choose suitably and make the payment. Its not possible to pay
later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration
form will be non-editable.
Courses with exam on April 24th/ 30th :
http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/pdf/Courses%20with%20exams%20on%20April%2024-May%2030%202016.pdf
4)
FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -
Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay
individually using the above form. While doing so the reduced fee will
automatically apply.
5) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE
LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- If you are paying fee via Local chapter
of your college using the DD option, ONLY After the SPOC of your college
has finished uploading the Bulk-Payment details for the March exam,
please come to this form and add your signature, photo and certificate
(in case of SC/ST). This step is mandatory for generating the hall
ticket.
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
Quiz 2 uploaded
Quiz 2 is uploaded and the deadline is March 4, 2016. This quiz contributes substantially to the final grade.
Lecture notes uploaded
Lecture notes for weeks 4, 5 and 6, which comprises of the units Proof techniques parts 3 and 4 and Introduction to Graph Theory, have been uploaded.
Deadline extension for Quiz 1
The deadline for Quiz 1 has been extended to 15th February 23:59 IST.
Quiz 1 uploaded
Quiz 1 is uploaded and the deadline is February 12, 2016. This quiz contributes substantially to the final grade.
Week 3 lectures uploaded
The lectures for week 3 are uploaded. All the slides for week 2 and week 3 are also uploaded.
Resubmitting Exercise sets
Since there was a mistake from our end regarding the creation exercise sets 1 and 2, we had to create them again.
If you have submitted them already, please resubmit them. They have the same problems as before as well as the same deadlines.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Exercise set 2
Exercise set 2 has been posted and the deadline is 12th February 2016.
Deadline extension for submission of Exercise Set 1
The deadline for Exercise Set 1 has been postponed to February 8, 2016 to accommodate the people who register later.
Welcome to the course - Discrete Mathematics!
Dear student
Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!
Thank you for signing up for our online course " DISCRETE MATHEMATICS". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.
The course will begin on January 18 2016. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.
We will open registration for the exam 2 weeks after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.
There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
• The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.
• The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.
Details regarding the course:
Name of the course: Discrete Mathematics (12 weeks : 40 hrs)
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_ma01/
Course duration : January 18 2016 - 8 April 2016
Dates of exams : 24 April 2016 and 1 May 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm
Tentative list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/pdf/Exam%20City-list.pdf
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly
Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.
- NPTEL team
