6.045J / 18.400J Automata, Computability, and Complexity, Spring 2002

Rivest, Ronald L.

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Rivest, Ronald L.

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Automata, Computability, and Complexity

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Abstract

Slower paced than 6.840J/18.404J. Introduces basic mathematical models of computation and the finite representation of infinite objects. Finite automata and regular languages. Context-free languages. Turing machines. Partial recursive functions. Church's Thesis. Undecidability. Reducibility and completeness. Time complexity and NP-completeness. Probabilistic computation. Interactive proof systems.

Date issued

2002-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36867

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics

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6.045J-Spring2002

local: 6.045J

local: 18.400J

local: IMSCP-MD5-28ea8751aa219a34436f9ecd5100991a

Keywords

automata, computability, complexity, mathematical models, computation, finite representation, infinite objects, finite automata, regular languages, context-free languages, Turing machines, partial recursive functions, Church's Thesis, undecidability, reducibility, completeness, time complexity, NP-completeness, probabilistic computation, interactive proof systems, 6.045J, 18.400J, 6.045, 18.400, Computational complexity

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