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 CSE 431: Introduction to Theory of Computation, Spring 2017
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  Homework 3
  Homework 4
  Homework 5
  Homework 6
  Homework 7
  Homework 8
  Homework 8 solutions
Reading Assignments
  More NP-complete problems
  Read Sections 7.4 and 7.5
  Read Section 9.3
  Cocke-Kasami-Younger Algorithm
  Read Chapter 7
  Read Chapter 5
  Chomsky Normal Form
  Read Chapter 4
  Read Chapter 3
  Turing and Post Handout
  Slides on NFAs
  Read Chapter 1
  Review Chapter 0
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  Hilbert's 23 Problems
  David Hilbert Bio
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  Alonzo Church Bio
  Alan Turing Bio
   

Location

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 10:30-11:20    Mary Gates Hall 228

Instructor

  • Paul Beame
  • Office: CSE 668 Phone 206-543-5114
  • Office Hours: MWF 11:20-11:50, and W 2:00-2:50

Teaching Assistant

  • Vincent Liew
  • Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 CSE 220, Thursdays 2:00-3:00 CSE 021

Textbook

    Michael Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation. Any of the first, international, second or third editions will work. Earlier editions are less than one quarter the cost of the third edition online. Although the numbering of almost everything in the first and international editions are different from the others, the content is mostly unchanged except for some corrections and new and solved problems in each subsequent edition. The third edition has an extra section 2.4 on deterministic context-free languages that we won't cover anyway. See errata links from Sipser's book page for lists of errors and corrections.

Mailing List

Course annoucements will be made on the class mailing list, cse431a_sp17.

Grading

Homework 45-55%, midterm 15-20%, final 30-35%, give or take. Extra Credit. See the homework policy

Midterm Exam

Friday May 5 in class. A sample midterm gives some idea of the content that it will cover. There will be a review session on May 4 at 5:00 in room CSE 305.

Final Exam

The final exam will be at the time listed in the official exam schedule which is 8:30-10:20 pm, Monday June 5. Here is an old final exam from a prior quarter. There will be a review session on Sunday June 4 at 1:00 p.m. in CSE 403.

Catalog Description

Models of computation, computable and noncomputable functions, space and time complexity, tractable and intractable functions. Prerequisite: CSE 312.
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