CSCI 6050 - Computability and Complexity

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Description:

This course discusses modern concepts of computability and computational complexity theories. The Church-Turing thesis; variations of Turing Machines; Algorithms; Decidability; The Halting Problem; Reducibility; The Recursion Theorem; The Concept of Information; Time and Space Complexity; Intractability; NP-completeness and Cook's theorem. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CSCI 2400 or equivalent. When Offered: Fall term annually. Credit Hours: 3

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rpi.edu

Phone Number:

(518) 276-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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