Introduction to Theory of Computation Lecture Notes

Theory of Computation by Kyle Burke

This pdf begins with an overview of resources, organization and motivation and preview of CS theory covering the Limits of Computation, the Undecidability of the Halting Problem.The Automata and Machines including Deterministic and Nondeterministic Finite-state Automata, Pushdown Automata, and Turing Machines and Language Classes. Finally focus shifts to Computational Complexity, discussing NP-Completeness, Approximation Algorithms, and the Hardness of Approximation.

Author(s): Kyle Burke

114 Pages

Models of Computation by John E. Savage

This PDF Models of Computation by John E. Savage covers the following topics related to Computation Theory : The Role of Theory in Computer Science, General Computational Models, Logic Circuits, Machines with Memory, Finite-State Machines and Pushdown Automata, Computability, Algebraic and Combinatorial Circuits, Parallel Computation, Computational Complexity, Complexity Classes, Circuit Complexity, Space–Time Tradeoffs, Memory-Hierarchy Tradeoffs, VLSI Models of Computation.

Author(s): John E. Savage, Brown University

698 Pages

Introduction to Computational Theory Lecture Notes

This note covers the following topics: Languages, Finite Automata, Regular Languages and Sets, Context-Free Grammars, Pushdown Automata and Context-Free Languages, Turing Machines, The Chomsky Hierarchy, P and NP.

Author(s): BYU Computer Science Department

NA Pages

Theory of Computation Lecture Notes

This note covers the following topics: Mathematical Perliminaries, Automata Theory, Combinatorics and Graph Theory, DFAs to Regular Expressions- Brzozowski’s Algebraic Method, Myhill-Nerode and DFA Minimization, Group Theory, Turing Machines and Computability Theory, Complexity Theory.

Author(s): Michael Levet

114 Pages

Notes on Computational Complexity Theory

This note provides an introduction to the theory of computational complexity. Topics covered includes: Models of computation, Time and space complexity classes, Nonterminism and NP, Diagonalization, Oracles and relativization, Alternation, Space complexity, Natural proofs, Randomized classes, Counting classes, Descriptive complexity and Interactive proofs.

Author(s): James Aspnes

180 Pages

The Theory of Languages and Computation

This note covers the following topics: Automata, Set Theory, The Natural numbers and Induction, Foundations of Language Theory, Operations on Languages, Deterministic Finite Automata, Formal Languages, Computability, Computations of Turing Machines, The Primitive Recursive Functions, The Partial Recursive Functions, DNA Computing, Analog Computing and Scientific Computing.

Author(s): Jean Gallier and Andrew Hicks

109 Pages

Theory of Computation by S. Arun Kumar

This book covers the following topics: The RAM Model, The Primitive Recursive Functions, The Partial Recursive Functions, Coding and Godelization, The Hierarchy of Primitive Recursive Functions, Universality and Parametrisation, The type-free lambda calculus.

Author(s): S. Arun Kumar

83 Pages

Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science Lecture Notes

This course note provides a challenging introduction to some of the central ideas of theoretical computer science. It attempts to present a vision of computer science beyond computers: that is, CS as a set of mathematical tools for understanding complex systems such as universes and minds.

Author(s): Prof. Scott Aaronson

NA Pages

Computation Theory Lecture notes

The aim of this course note is to introduce several apparently different formalisations of the informal notion of algorithm; to show that they are equivalent; and to use them to demonstrate that there are incomputable functions and algorithmically undecidable problems.

Author(s): Prof Anuj Dawar

93 Pages

ConstructiveComputation Theory

This is an executable course note implemented in Pidgin ML, which is a core subset of the Objective Caml programming language under the so-called revised syntax.

Author(s): Gerard Huet

NA Pages