CSC 344
Algorithms and Complexity

Spring, 1997

This course meets from 9:25-10:40 AM TTh in room 116 Alumnae Hall. Note room change! We are not meeting in room 39 in the basement of the Business Building.

The textbook Fundamentals of Algorithmics, by Gilles Brassard and Paul Bratley, is required.

The syllabus is available in LaTeX, DVI, Postscript, and HTML.

An updated schedule will contain the latest updates to homework due dates, lecture topics, etc. Please check the schedule regularly and keep up on the assigned reading!

Homework Assignments

I shall assign several homework assignments during the semester, mostly "paper assignments" (i.e. not programming), although they may be turned in on paper or by email.

Homework 1, assigned 30 Jan, due 18 Feb
Read problems 1.13,1.17,1.21,1.24,1.27,1.28,1.29,1.30,1.34,1.46.
Work and turn in any four of them, including at least one induction proof.
Read problems 2.2,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8,2.11,2.19,2.20.
Work and turn in any three of them.
Homework 2, assigned 21 Feb, due 18 Mar
Read problems 3.2,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.11,3.14,3.15,3.17,3.21,3.28.
Work and turn in any four of them.
Read problems 4.1,4.2,4.5,4.6,4.7,4.8,4.10,4.11,4.17,4.21.
Work and turn in any four of them.
Homework 3, assigned 3 April, due 17 April
Do 50 points' worth of problems from the following:
5 point (easy) problems
5.1,5.6,5.18,5.20,5.33,5.34,5.35,5.38
10 point (moderate) problems
5.2,5.3,5.4,5.10,5.11,5.12,5.13,5.17,5.19,5.21,5.22,5.23,5.25,5.26, 5.27,5.28,5.29,5.30,5.31,5.32,5.36,5.37
15 point (hard) problems
5.5, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.24
Homework 4, assigned 17 April, due 1 May
Read problems 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.14, 6.15, 6.18, 6.19, 6.21(a), 6.21(b).
Work and turn in any six of them, including at least one proof. (Yes, problem 6.21 counts as two.)

Reading assignments

By Thursday, 17 April, you should have read pages 1-180 of the textbook. I'll discuss section 5.7 in detail in class on the 17th; you can read section 5.8 for yourselves; and I'll try to discuss section 5.9 in class.


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