| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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| 1 | Course Introduction Matching Theory |
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| 2 | The Hungarian Algorithm | |
| 3 | Edmonds' Algorithm | |
| 4 | Polyhedral Combinatorics | |
| 5 | The Matching Polytope I | |
| 6 | The Matching Polytope II | |
| 7 | Flow Theory and Duality | |
| 8 | Max-flow Algorithms | Assignment 1 due |
| 9 | Min-cut Algorithms | |
| 10 | Min-cost Flow | |
| 11 | Strongly Polynomial Algorithms | |
| 12 | Linear Programming Duality | |
| 13 | The Simplex Algorithm | Assignment 2 due |
| 14 | Exam I | |
| 15 | The Simplex Algorithm (contd.) | |
| 16 | Complementary Slackness Primal-dual Algorithm |
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| 17 | The Ellipsoid Algorithm I: Ideas | |
| 18 | The Ellipsoid Algorithm II: Details | |
| 19 | Separation Oracles I: Convex Problems | |
| 20 | Oracles II: Combinatorial Problems | |
| 21 | NP-completeness | Assignment 3 due |
| 22, 23 | Approximation Algorithms | |
| 24 | The Relax-and-round Paradigm | |
| 25 | Exam II | Assignment 4 due |
| 26, 27 | Projects Reviews |