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615-160 Tools of Analysis | |
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Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Prof L Sonenberg |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour supervised workshop per week. Additional unsupervised workshop time averaging 1 to 2 hours per week |
Subject Description | Many software applications in everyday use have their foundation in mathematics. For example: the database query language SQL, used in many commercial products, is linked to relational algebra and relation calculus and hence to logic; modern security techniques, as used in products supporting digital signatures and facilitating email privacy, rely on number theory and abstract notions of complexity. This subject introduces these and other applications, in order to motivate and study the underlying mathematical ideas. Topics will include propositional and predicate logic, counting principles and data complexity, public key cryptography. |
Assessment | One written exam of up to three hours, up to 15 pages of project work, and a test totalling no more than two hours, during the semester. The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject. |
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