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Computer Science (COMP)

School of Computer Science
Faculty of Science

COMP 4805 [0.5 credit]

Theory of Automata

Finite automata and regular expressions, properties of regular sets, context-free grammars, pushdown automata, deterministic context-free languages. Turing machines, the Chomsky hierarchy. Undecidability, intractable problems. (Also listed as MATH 4805.)
Precludes additional credit for MATH 5605.
Prerequisite: COMP 3805 or MATH 3106 or MATH 3158 (or MATH 3100) or permission of the School.
Lectures three hours a week.

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