CMSC652

Complexity Theory

Prerequisite: CMSC451 or CMSC452; or permission of instructor. Credit only granted for: CMSC652 or CMSC858G. Formerly: CMSC858G.This course will define what it means for a problem to be hard (or easy in a variety of ways. The emphasis will be on natural problems. Topics may include NP-completeness, Sparse Sets, Graph Isomoprhism (why it is thought to not be NP-complete), Counting problems, and approximation problems.

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