The following exercise sheets and their corrections most probably contain errors, please contact me if you find some. Here is a summary of the concentration bounds we use in this course.
  • First moment method (Lecture notes, Exercises, Corrections)
  • Second moment method (Lecture notes, Exercises, Corrections)
  • Lovász local lemma (Lecture notes, Exercises, Corrections)
  • Random graphs and thresholds (Lecture notes, Exercises, Corrections)
  • Improved concentration (Lecture notes, (Exercises, Corrections)
  • Absorption method (Lecture notes, Exercises, Corrections)
  • Rödl Nibble method (Lecture notes, Exercises, Corrections)
  • Randomised algorithms (Lecture notes, Exercises, Corrections)
  • Derandomisation (Lecture notes, Exercises, Correction)
  • Entropy 1 (Lecture notes, video, Exercises)
  • Entropy 2 (Lecture notes, video, Exercises))
  • Container method 1
  • Container method 2
  • Entropy compression