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COMP 330. Theory of Computation.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2026, Winter 2027
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Description

Finite automata, regular languages, context-free languages, push-down automata, models of computation, computability theory, undecidability, reduction techniques.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite: COMP 251.

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