MCS  265: Theory of Computation
Spring 2005

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Prof. Barbara Kaiser

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Due 5/15
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 7:  7.5, 7.7
Hand in:
  • Chapter 7: 7.11, 7.18, 7.20b

Due 5/8
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 7:  7.1,7.2,7.6
Hand in:
Due 4/25
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 5: 5.6, 5.7
Hand in:
  • Chapter 5: 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 5.22
Due 4/20
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.11, 5.12
Hand in:
  • Chapter 4: 4.18
  • Chapter 5: 5.9, 5.15, 5.14 but assume is a 2-tape TM.

Due 4/10
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 4: 4.2,4.3, 4.13
Hand in:
  • Chapter 4: 4.10, 4.12, 4.19

Due 3/23
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 3: 3.1,3.2,3.5, 3.7, 3.13
Hand in:
  • Chapter 3, 3.8b, 3.9, 3.11, 3.15b&d,3.16
  • Why are Turing-recognizable languages closed under complementation?

Due 3/9
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 2: 2.6, 2.15
Hand in:
  • Chapter 2, 2.2, 2.14, 2.16, 2.19, 2.26

Due 3/3
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 1: 1.29, 1.30
Hand in:
  • Chapter 1: 1.1.46d, 1.49a, 1.49b, 1.47

Due 2/21
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 1: 1.7 - 1.10
Hand in:
  • Chapter 1: 1.14, 1.31, 1.42, 1.21 - just the three state one

Due 2/13
Practice problems:
  • Chapter 0,  0.1-0.11
  • Section 1.1: 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
Hand in:
  • Chapter 1: 1.5c, 1.6e,  1.12, 1.41




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