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Department of Computer Science at the Technische Universität München
Chair for Efficient Algorithms
Postal address: 80290 München; Premises: Arcisstr.21, 80333 München
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Complexity Theory (SS 99)


* Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Angelika Steger

* Area:
4 lectures per week in area III (Theoretical Computer Science)
core course , topic complexity

* Time and Place:
To be anounced.

* Exercises:
2 hours per week exercises accompanying the lectures
Time and place to be announced.
Teaching Assistant: N.N.
Course Certificate: To get a course certificate students must get at least 40% on the homework assignments and pass the final exam.

* Audience:
graduate students of computer science
students with computer science as minor

* Prerequisites:
1st and 2nd year courses
Course Efficient Algorithms and Datastructures I advantagious, but not necessary.

* Recommended for:
In-depth knowledge in topic Complexity

* Contents:
  • Basics and Models of Computation
  • Time and Space restricted Computations
  • Important Complexity Classes (P, NP, PSPACE,EXPSPACE)
  • Time Restricted reductions
  • Circuits, Nonuniform Complexity
  • Probabilistic Machines
  • Polynomial Hierarchy

* Related and Advanced Lectures:

* Lecture Notes:
Not available.

* References:
Balczar, Daz, Gabarr:
Structural Complexity I
EATCS Monographs, Springer-Verlag, begleitend
Rüdiger Reischuk:
Einführung in die Komplexitätstheorie
Teubner-Verlag, in Ausschnitten

* Office Hours:
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steger@informatik.tu-muenchen.de