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Mathematics (MATH)

School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science

MATH 3804 [0.5 credit]

Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

An introduction to the design and analysis of algorithms. Topics include: recurrence relations, sorting and searching, divide-and-conquer, dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, amortized analysis. (Also listed as COMP 3804.)
Prerequisites: COMP 2002, and either COMP 2805 or both of MATH 2007 and MATH 2108 or equivalents.
Lectures three hours a week.


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