Teaching


General Information

This page provides an overview of the courses offered by our working group:

Under Lectures you will find the lectures for mathematics students offered by our working group in the current or upcoming semester. If you would like to participate in a seminar, proseminar or reading course during the semester, please register with the respective supervisor or in the URM. Dates will then be set in consultation with the participants. Additionally, we offer introductory courses for new students and math lectures designed for students from other disciplines.

Several times a semester, the working group meets for the Oberseminar. All interested people are invited to attend the talks, students in particular.

If you are interested in doing your bachelor's or master's thesis in optimization, please contact Prof. Schöbel, Prof. Krumke or Prof. Ruzika.

Near the end of each semester, you can also find the dates for oral examinations with members of the working group on this page.

Oral exams after the summer semester

All information regarding oral exams, in particular the dates for exams, can be found at the bottom of this page.


Offered courses

in the summer semester 2024

Pre-courses

Our working group offers the following pre-courses for new students:

Introductory course to mathematics for students of mathematics, computer science, data analytics

Content

  • Support of new students of mathematics and computer science within the transition from school to university
  • Matching different educational backgrounds and refreshing some of the important fundamentals of the school subject
  • Introduction to the initially unfamiliar mathematical thinking and working methods as well as the abstract language and form of presentation of mathematics lectures at the university
  • Familiarization with the usual form of lecture and group exercise

Lecturer

Dr. Florentine Kämmerer

Dates

01.10.2025 - 14.10.2025

Materials

OpenOLAT

Further Information

You can find the latest information regarding the course, in particular concerning the registration, on its website.

This course is only offered in German.

Lectures

Our working group offers the following lectures for math students:

Fundamentals of Mathematics II for Students of Teacher Training Programmes

Content

In this education-specific lecture, which builds upon the material covered in the lecture "Fundamentals of Mathematics I", further fundamental concepts of (multivariate) analysis and linear algebra are presented. This lecture serves as a foundation for the subsequent mathematical studies. The tutorials serve to develop a safe and precise understanding of the definitions, results, and methods covered in the lecture.

We discuss topics in analysis and linear algebra and find connections between the two. Amongst the topics discussed are:

  • metric spaces
  • differentiation and integration in more than one variable
  • the geometry of Euclidian space
  • diagonalisability
  • the principle axis theorem
  • computing the Jordan normal form

 

Lecturer and staff

Prof. Dr. Stefan Ruzika

Dates

Tuesday 12:15 - 13:45, (48-562)
Friday 10:15 - 11:45, (48-562)

Tutorials

Registration and group assignments for the tutorials are handled by the URM.

Materials

OpenOLAT


Elementarmathematik vom höheren Standpunkt

for Students of Teacher Training Programs

Inhalt

  • Erarbeitung eines vertieften, über die Schulbildung hinaus gehenden Verständnisses elementarmathematischer, teils schulmathematischer, Inhalte als solides Fundament für das weitere Lehramtsstudium
  • Behandlung unterschiedlicher Fragestellungen aus den Bereichen Zahlen, Kombinatorik, Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Graphentheorie, lineare Algebra und Analysis

Lecturer

Dr. Florentine Kämmerer

Dates

Tuesday 15:45h - 17:15h, (48-562)
Friday 08:15h - 09:45h, (48-562)
The lecture will be a block in the second half of the winter term.

Materials

OpenOLAT

Registration

Registration via Email to florentine.kaemmerer(at)math.rptu.de.

 

 

Reading courses, seminars und proseminars

The following supplementing courses are offered by our working group:

Reading Course (Prof. Ruzika)

Content

The aim is to gain a basic overview of current research topics. In this respect, the Reading Course prepares for a master's thesis in these subject areas.

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Stefan Ruzika

Date

By arrangement.

If you are interested please send an e-mail to stefan.ruzika(at)math.rptu.de.


Advanced Seminar

Content

In the Oberseminar (advanced seminar), members and guests of the working group will give talks on various topics of mathematical optimization. Guests are welcome at any time - even without prior registration. An announcement of each talk will be made in the news section of the website. (Look for entries starting with "Oberseminar".)

Lectures for students of other study programmes

The following courses are offered by our working group for students of other departments:

Higher Mathematics for Civil Engineering I

Content

  • Development of basic mathematical knowledge for students of civil engineering
  • Topics covered: Vector space \(\mathbb{R}^n\), matrices, determinants, linear systems of equations, eigenvalue problems, vector calculus and analytic geometry, probability calculus
  • Application of the treated mathematical tools to concrete subject-specific problems from various disciplines of civil engineering

Lecturer

Dr. Florentine Kämmerer

Date

Monday 08:15h - 09:45h, (24-102)
Thursday 10:15h - 11:45h, (46-220)

Tutorials

Registration and group assignments for the tutorials are handled by the URM.

Materials

OpenOLAT

Exam dates will be announced towards the end of the term.

TBA

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General information

To register for examinations, please come to Julia Rheinheimer in the office of the Optimization group (building 14, room 455). Please bring your student ID with you.

On the left you will find a list of available examination dates.