2025 Spring COMPSCI 70 001 LEC 001

Spring 2025

COMPSCI 70 001 - LEC 001

Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory

Satish B Rao

Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025
Tu, Th
03:30 pm - 04:59 pm
Class #:28842
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 55
Enrolled: 520
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 575
Waitlist Max: 400
Open Reserved Seats:
54 unreserved seats
1 reserved for Intended L&S Computer Science Undergraduates with 3-4 Terms in Attendance

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Final Exam

FRI, MAY 16TH
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Wheeler 150
Lewis 100
Physics Building 1

Course Catalog Description

Logic, infinity, and induction; applications include undecidability and stable marriage problem. Modular arithmetic and GCDs; applications include primality testing and cryptography. Polynomials; examples include error correcting codes and interpolation. Probability including sample spaces, independence, random variables, law of large numbers; examples include load balancing, existence arguments, Bayesian inference.

Class Notes

* Time conflicts are NOT allowed

* Lecture will be recorded for playback later

* NO alternate final exam will be offered

Rules & Requirements

Requisites

  • All Undergraduate Students including Visitors

Credit Restrictions

Students will receive no credit for Computer Science 70 after taking Mathematics 55.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Reserved Seats

Reserved Seating For This Term

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
54 unreserved seats
1 reserved for Intended L&S Computer Science Undergraduates with 3-4 Terms in Attendance

Terms in Attendance:
Undergraduate Classifications Information

Textbooks & Materials

See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.

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