Computer Science 250 - Introduction To Computation
Fall
2022
02
4.00
Ghazaleh Parvini
M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM
UMass Amherst
44976
Hasbrouck Laboratory room 134
gparvini@umass.edu
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.
Open to Computer Science, Math, and CS Engineering majors only. COMPSCI 187/ECE241&MATH132 w/c STUDENTS MAY ONLY TAKE ONE OF 240 AND 250 IN THE SAME SEMESTER. THE UPC WILL DROP STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BOTH FROM ONE OF THE TWO COURSES. 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.