CMSC 28100 / MATH 28100
Introduction to Complexity Theory

General Information

Course: Introduction to Complexity Theory
Classes: MWF 11:30-12:20 Ry 276
Instructor: Ketan Mulmuley
Office Hour: Monday 4:15-5:15 Ry 165B
Teaching Asst: Duru Turkoglu
Tutorial/OH: Tuesday 6:00-7:30 Ry 256

Overview

Computability topics are discussed, including the s-m-n theorem, the recursion theorem and resource-bounded computation. This course introduces complexity theory. Relationships between space and time, determinism and nondeterminism, NP-completeness, and the P versus NP question are investigated.

Textbook

The text is available from the Seminary Co-op Bookstore.
Title: Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, 3rd edition
Authors: John Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, and Jeffrey Ullman
Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Homeworks


Last revised: April 7, 2008.