CS 336 - Theory of Computation

Institution:

King's College - Pennsylvania

Subject:

Computer Science

Description:

This course is a study of the theoretical underpinnings of computing devices. Topics include classes of formal lan-guages (regular, context-free, and recursively enumerable), systems for generating strings in those languages (regular expressions, context-free grammars), and machines for recognizing these languages (finite-state automata, pushdown automata, Turing machines). Questions of computability (what problems are computer incapable of solving?) and complexity (what problems can computers solve only with great effort?) will be addressed. Offered every other year. Prerequisites: MATH 235.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kings.edu

Phone Number:

(570) 208-5900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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