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Theory of Computing / (FUB MSc in Computer Science)

The objective of the Theory of Computing course is to introduce and study abstract, mathematical models of computation such as Turing machines, formal grammars, recursive functions , and to use the abstract computation models to study the ability to solve computational problems, by identifying both the intrinsic limitations of computing devices, and the practical limitations due to limited availability of resources time and space. A second objective is to show how to reason and prove properties about computations in a precise, formal, abstract way. There are no prerequisites in terms of courses to attend. Students should be familiar with notions of mathematics and set theory, and with basic proof techniques, as taught in the mathematics courses of a bachelor in computer science. Hopcroft, R. Motwani, J.