Note: You are looking at a static copy of the former PineWiki site, used for class notes by James Aspnes from 2003 to 2012. Many mathematical formulas are broken, and there are likely to be other bugs as well. These will most likely not be fixed. You may be able to find more up-to-date versions of some of these notes at http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/aspnes/#classes.

This is the web page for CS 202: Mathematical Tools for Computer Science for the Fall 2010 semester. Here you can find pointers to various resources for students taking the course. You should check this page periodically for new announcements.

Quick links: /Schedule /Assignments /Notes /Syllabus /ReservedBooks

Contents

Final exam
Announcements
Resources
Staff
Calendar
Median assignment grades
Questions and comments

1. Final exam

The final exam was given Tuesday, 2010-12-14, starting at 2:00pm, in Rosenfeld GR109 (same room as lecture). It was a closed-book test covering all material discussed during the semester.

Solutions: final-2010-solutions.pdf.

Sample solutions from past years' exams: final-2008-solutions.pdf, final-2007-solutions.pdf, final-2005-solutions.pdf, final-2004-solutions.pdf. Final exams without solutions: final-2008.pdf, final-2007.pdf, final-2005.pdf, final-2004.pdf.

2. Announcements

2010-12-15: Graded final exams are available outside AKW 401. Thanks for taking the class and I hope you have a great break.
2010-12-13: PineWiki is back from the dead. I apologize for the downtime.
2010-12-10: /Assignments/HW09/Solutions are available.
2010-12-05: Final Review Session: Thursday (Dec 9) 7-11PM @AKW 200.
2010-12-05: /Assignments/HW08/Solutions are available.
2010-12-02: I am considering arranging a review session for the final. If you have attended my midterm final, you know what to expect: pretty much informal and hand-wavy at best, neither informative nor useful. In case you still need the session after my previous disclaimer, please complete this survey form by Sunday 7PM, indicating your preferred time slot. Please leave your name as well. I will post the final time & venue for the review session after Sunday. Thanks a lot Reynard.
2010-11-29: Matt: I have to move my office hours to the morning tomorrow.
2010-11-27: Cameron: I have to move my office hours earlier on Wednesday night. I'll be in the Zoo from 6:00-9:00.
2010-11-24: Graded HW8's are available outside AKW 401.
2010-11-21: A clarification has been added to /Assignments/HW09.
2010-11-19: /Assignments/HW09 is now available.
2010-11-19: /Assignments/HW06/Solutions and /Assignments/HW07/Solutions are available.

/OldAnnouncements.

3. Resources

/Schedule: list of lectures and events. Includes reading assignments and pointers to lecture notes.
/Assignments: list of homeworks and exams.
/Notes: notes on various topics relevant to the course.
/Syllabus
/ReservedBooks: books on reserve at the EngineeringAndAppliedSciencesLibrary.
/2008, /2007, /2005, and /2004 course pages (may be broken in various ways).
Web resources: PlanetMath, Wolfram Mathworld, WikiPedia, Google.

4. Staff

Instructor

Jim Aspnes (<aspnes@cs.yale.edu>, http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/aspnes/). Phone: +1 203 533 9862. Office: AKW 401. See calendar below for open office hours. You can also send me email to make an appointment.

Teaching Fellows

Minh Tam (Reynard) Le. (<reynard.le@yale.edu>). Office: AKW 405. See calendar below for open office hours.
Matt Lawlor. (<matthew.lawlor@yale.edu>). Office: AKW 409. See calendar below for open office hours.

Peer Tutor

Cameron Musco. (<cameron.musco@yale.edu>). See calendar for office hours - held in the the Zoo.

5. Calendar

For details of what topics are covered in each lecture, see /Schedule.

6. Median assignment grades

7. Questions and comments

Please feel free to send questions or comments on the class or anything connected to it to <aspnes@cs.yale.edu>.