Second Lecture on Godel's Incompleteness Theorem
Second Lecture on Godel's Incompleteness Theorem
Completion of the lecture on Godel's first incompleteness theorem.
2 May 2014
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15mins
Godel for Goldilocks: Godel's First Incompleteness Theorem
Godel for Goldilocks: Godel's First Incompleteness Theorem
Godel's first incompleteness theorem, requiring minimal background. You only need to know what an integer is, what a fun... Read more
1 May 2014
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1hr 11mins
L26: Minimizing the number of states in a DFA
L26: Minimizing the number of states in a DFA
Completion of the method to minimize the number of states in a DFA for any regular language. A by-product is a proof tha... Read more
10 Feb 2012
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1hr 25mins
L25: Minimizing Finite State Machines
L25: Minimizing Finite State Machines
In this supplemental lecture we define what is meant by a minimized DFA, and introduce an efficient algorithm to minimiz... Read more
27 Jan 2012
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1hr 13mins
L24: NP Completeness, Supplemental lecture 3
L24: NP Completeness, Supplemental lecture 3
Supplemental lecture 3 on less formal treatment of NP-completeness.
13 Dec 2011
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50mins
L23: NP Completeness, Supplemental lecture 2
L23: NP Completeness, Supplemental lecture 2
A second supplemental lecture on a more informal treatment of NP-completeness.
9 Dec 2011
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45mins
L22: A more informal introduction to NP-completeness, Supplemental Lecture 1
L22: A more informal introduction to NP-completeness, Supplemental Lecture 1
This is a supplemental lecture Introducing the concept of NP through reductions. It was given in another course, but sin... Read more
3 Dec 2011
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48mins
L21: NP-completeness
L21: NP-completeness
Formal definition of NP-completeness and polynomial-time reductions to prove additional languages are NP-complete once o... Read more
1 Dec 2011
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1hr 12mins
L20: P, NP and polynomial-time reductions
L20: P, NP and polynomial-time reductions
P, NP, and polynomial-time reductions. Is P = NP?
29 Nov 2011
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32mins
L19: Uncomputable functions, and introduction to complexity
L19: Uncomputable functions, and introduction to complexity
Proof by diagonalization that there are uncomputable functions; introduction to complexity theory, big-Oh notation, defi... Read more
22 Nov 2011
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1hr 21mins