This lecture note covers the following
topics: Prelude: computation, undecidability and the limits of mathematical
knowledge, Computational complexity 101: the basics, Problems and classes inside
N P, Lower bounds, Boolean Circuits, and attacks on P vs. NP, Proof complexity,
Randomness in computation, Abstract pseudo-randomness, Weak random sources and
randomness extractors, Randomness in proof, Randomness in proofs, Arithmetic
complexity, Interlude: Concrete interactions between Math and Computational
Complexity.
This note explains the following topics: solving equations of one variable, Basic
numerical linear algebra, Approximation theory, Numerical integration, Numerical
ordinary differential equations.
Author(s): I Liang Chern, National
Taiwan University
This lecture note covers the following
topics: Prelude: computation, undecidability and the limits of mathematical
knowledge, Computational complexity 101: the basics, Problems and classes inside
N P, Lower bounds, Boolean Circuits, and attacks on P vs. NP, Proof complexity,
Randomness in computation, Abstract pseudo-randomness, Weak random sources and
randomness extractors, Randomness in proof, Randomness in proofs, Arithmetic
complexity, Interlude: Concrete interactions between Math and Computational
Complexity.