CS 28004 creditsPrereq: CS 1110 or CS 1112
CS 2800: Mathematical Foundations of Computing
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- Covers the mathematics underlying most of computer science. Topics include mathematical induction, logic, sets, functions, relations, graphs, and probability.
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- Alexandra Silva
- Anke van Zuylen
- Bart Selman
- Dexter Kozen
- Douglas Lin
- Eva Tardos
- Graeme Bailey
- John Hopcroft
- Joseph Halpern
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- Michael George
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