| Week |
Date |
Day |
Topic |
Notes |
| 1 |
Sep
1 |
T |
Introduction
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Course Notes:
Def's and Proofs
Homework 1
Solutions
|
Sep
3 |
R |
On Proofs and Pancakes
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Sep
4 |
F |
Recitation 1
Solutions |
|
| 2 |
Sep
8 |
T |
Deterministic Finite Automata
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Turing's paper
Homework 2
Solutions
|
Sep
10 |
R |
Turing Machines
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Sep
11 |
F |
Recitation 2
Solutions |
|
| 3 |
Sep
15 |
T |
Countable and Uncountable Sets
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Homework 3
Solutions
|
Sep
17 |
R |
Undecidable Languages
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Sep
18 |
F |
Recitation 3
Solutions |
|
| 4 |
Sep
22 |
T |
Time Complexity
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Cake cutting survey
Homework 4
Solutions
|
Sep
24 |
R |
Cake Cutting
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Sep
25 |
F |
Recitation 4
Solutions |
|
| 5 |
Sep
29 |
T |
Boolean Circuits
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Homework 5
Solutions
|
Oct
1 |
R |
Graphs I: The Basics
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Oct
2 |
F |
Recitation 5
Solutions
|
|
| 6 |
Oct
6 |
T |
Graphs II: Graph Algorithms
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Midterm 1 practice
Midterm 1 solutions
|
Oct
8 |
R |
Graphs III: Stable and Maximum Matchings
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Oct
9 |
F |
Recitation 6
Solutions
|
|
| 7 |
Oct
13 |
T |
Polynomial-Time Reductions
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Homework 6
Solutions
|
Oct
15 |
R |
P vs. NP
Lecture slides [PDF]
|
Oct
16 |
F |
Recitation 7
Solutions
|
|
| 8 |
Oct
20 |
T |
Computational Social Choice
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Computational social choice survey
Homework 7
Solutions
|
Oct
22 |
R |
Approximation Algorithms
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Oct
23 |
F |
No recitation
Mid-semester break |
|
| 9 |
Oct
27 |
T |
Online Algorithms
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Homework 8
Solutions
|
Oct
29 |
R |
Probability I
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Oct
30 |
F |
Recitation 9
Solutions
|
|
| 10 |
Nov
3 |
T |
Probability II
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Homework 9
Solutions
|
Nov
5 |
R |
Randomized Algorithms
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Nov
6 |
F |
Recitation 10
Solutions
|
|
| 11 |
Nov
10 |
T |
Computational Arithmetic
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Midterm 2 practice
Midterm 2 solutions
|
Nov
12 |
R |
Cryptography
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Nov
13 |
F |
Recitation 11
Solutions
|
|
| 12 |
Nov
17 |
T |
Markov Chains
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Homework 10
Solutions
Code |
Nov
19 |
R |
Communication Complexity
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Nov
20 |
F |
Recitation 12
Solutions
|
|
| 13 |
Nov
24 |
T |
Quantum Computation
Lecture slides [PDF] |
|
Nov
26 |
R |
No class: Thanksgiving |
Nov
27 |
F |
No class: Thanksgiving |
|
| 14 |
Dec
1 |
T |
Game Theory
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Homework 11
Solutions |
Dec
3 |
R |
Learning Theory
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Dec
4 |
F |
Recitation 14
Solutions
|
|
| 15 |
Dec
8 |
T |
Interactive Proofs
Lecture slides [PDF] |
Final practice |
Dec
10 |
R |
Epilogue |
Dec
11 |
F |
No recitation |
