Computer Science 250 - Introduction To Computation
Fall
2018
02
4.00
Marius Minea
M W F 1:25PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
82612
Hasbrouck Laboratory room 134
mminea@umass.edu
Lecture, discussion. Basic concepts of discrete mathematics useful to computer science: set theory, strings and formal languages, propositional and predicate calculus, relations and functions, basic number theory. Induction and recursion: interplay of inductive definition, inductive proof, and recursive algorithms. Graphs, trees, and search. Finite-state machines, regular languages, nondeterministic finite automata, Kleene's Theorem. Problem sets, 2 midterm exams, timed final.
Open to Computer Science and Math majors only. MATH 132 or COMPSCI 187 w/ C STUDENTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO TAKE 240/250 IN THE SAME SEMESTER. DUE TO ENROLLMENT PRESSURE, THE UPC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DROP STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BOTH FROM EITHER COURSE WHEN NECESSARY. CSENG MAJORS WILL BE ACCEPTED IF AVAILABLE SEATS. CS MINORS, APPLICANTS-ON-CONTRACT, AND OTHERS NOT MEETING ELIGIBILITY, OR STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.