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This course covers finite automata, context-free grammars, Turing machines, undecidable problems, and intractable problems (NP-completeness).
Syllabus
Week 2: Regular Expressions and Properties of Regular Languages
Week 3: Context-Free Grammars and Languages
Week 4: Properties of Context-Free Languages, plus introduction to Turing Machines
Week 5: Turing Machines and Undecidability
Week 6: Intractable Problems (NP-Completeness)
Instructors
- Jeff Ullman
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