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CSCI 2670 Introduction to Theory of Computing

CSCI 2670 Introduction to Theory of Computing. Instructor: Shelby Funk. Today. Syllabus Chapter 0 Homework due Tuesday, August 23 Read pages Chapter 0 You are responsible for all this material even if I don’t cover it in class

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CSCI 2670 Introduction to Theory of Computing

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  1. CSCI 2670Introduction to Theory of Computing Instructor: Shelby Funk

  2. Today • Syllabus • Chapter 0 • Homework due Tuesday, August 23 • Read pages Chapter 0 • You are responsible for all this material even if I don’t cover it in class • Send me an e-mail telling me your favorite thing about Athens • If you’re new to Athens, tell me your favorite thing about your most recent hometown

  3. Course goals • Theoretically explore the capabilities and limitations of computers • Complexity theory • What makes some problems computationally hard and others easy? • Computability theory • What problems can be solved by a computer? • Automata theory • How can we mathematically model computation?

  4. Sets, multisets and sequences • Set • Order and repetition don’t matter • {7,4,7,3} = {3,4,7} • Multiset • Order doesn’t matter, repetition does • {7,4,7,3} = {3,4,7,7}  {3,4,7} • Sequence • Order and repetition matter • (7,4,7,3)  (3,4,7,7) • Finite sequence of k elements may be called a k-tuple

  5. Set notation • Union: AB • Intersection: AB • Complement: A • Cartesian Product: AB • Also called cross product • Power set:P(A)

  6. Example • A = {1,2}, B={2,3}, U = {xN|x < 6} • AB = • AB = • A = • AB = • P(A) = • A = {1,2}, B={2,3}, U = {xN|x < 6} • AB = {1,2,3} • AB = {2} • A = {3,4,5} • AB = {(1,2), (1,3), (2,2), (2,3)} • P(A) = {Ø, {1}, {2}, {1,2}}

  7. Function • Mechanism associating each input value with exactly one output value • Domain: set of all possible input values • Range: set containing all possible output values f : D  R n f (n) f : {1, 2, 3, 4}  {2, 4} 1 2 3 4 2 4 2 4 f : {1, 2, 3, 4}  {1, 2, 3, 4}

  8. Relation • Predicate: function whose output value is always either true or false • Relation: predicate whose domain is the set A×A×…×A • If domain is all k-tuples of A, the relation is a k-ary relation on A

  9. Nodes Graphs

  10. Edges Graphs

  11. Degree = 2 Degree = 1 Degree = 3 Graphs

  12. Graphs Subgraph Binary tree

  13. Directed graphs 1 2 {(2,1),(3,1),(4,3),(5,2)} 3 4 5

  14. Alphabets and strings • Alphabet: any finite set 1 = {1,2,3} 2 = {,,} • String: finite sequence of symbols from the given alphabet 1212123  • Empty string, ε, contains no symbols of the alphabet • Language: a set of strings

  15. Boolean logic • Conjunction (and)  • Disjunction (or)  • Negation (not)  • Exclusive or (xor)  • Equality  • Implication 

  16. Proof techniques • Construction • Prove a “there exists” statement by finding the object that exists • Contradiction • Assume the opposite and find a contradiction • Induction • Show true for a base case and show that if the property holds for the value k, then it must also hold for the value k + 1

  17. Have a great weekend!

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