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Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory  --  Computer Science (Engineering) (COMPSCI) 70 [4 units]
Course Format: Three hours of lecture per week, or three hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Sophomore mathematical maturity, and programming experience equivalent to that gained in 3 or the Advanced Placement Computer Science A course.
Credit option: Students will receive no credit for 70 after taking Mathematics 55.
Description: Logic, infinity, and induction; applications include undecidability and stable marriage problem. Modular arithmetic and GCDs; applications include primality testing and cryptography. Polynomials; examples include error correcting codes and interpolation. Probability including sample spaces, independence, random variables, law of large numbers; examples include load balancing, existence arguments, Bayesian inference.
(F,SP) Papadimitriou, Rao, Sinclair, Trevisan, Vazirani, Wagner
 
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