Fall 2020 Course Descriptions

COMP 170-01 Computation Theory

T. Wexler
MW 9:00-10:15, Online (synchronous)
R+ Block

Models of computation: Turing machines, pushdown automata, and finite automata. Grammars and formal languages including context-free languages and regular sets. Important problems including the halting problem and language equivalence theorems.

Prerequisite: COMP 15 and COMP/MATH 22 or 61.


Back to Main Courses Page