# | Date | | lecture topic | reading | pset release |
1 | 01-18 | T | Intro, Divide and Conquer (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 5.1,5.2,5.5 | |
2 | 01-20 | R | Divide and Conquer (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 5.1,5.4 | |
| 01-21 | F | | | pset0 (tex, pdf) (soln) |
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3 | 01-25 | T | Dynamic Programming (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 6.0-6.2 | |
4 | 01-27 | R | Dynamic Programming (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 6.2,6.4 | |
| 01-28 | F | | | pset1 (tex, pdf) (soln) |
5 | 02-01 | T | Dynamic Programming (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 6.6,6.7 | |
6 | 02-03 | R | Dynamic Programming (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 6.8,6.10 | |
| 02-04 | F | | | pset2 (tex, pdf) (soln) |
7 | 02-08 | T | Flows (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 7.0,7.1 | |
8 | 02-10 | R | Flows (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 7.2 | |
| 02-11 | F | | | pset3 (tex, pdf) (soln) |
9 | 02-15 | T | Flows (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 7.3 | |
10 | 02-18 | F | Flows (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 7.5 | pset4 (tex, pdf) (soln) |
11 | 02-22 | T | Flows (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 7.7,7.8 | |
| 02-24 | R | Exam 1 Review (mediaspace) | | |
| 02-25 | F | | | |
| 02-28 | M | exam1, 7-9:30pm, Siebel 1404 | | |
12 | 03-01 | T | Randomized Algorithms (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 13.0,13.1,13.12 | |
13 | 03-03 | R | Randomized Algorithms (pdf; mp4) | Kleinberg-Tardos 13.3,13.5 | |
| 03-04 | F | | | pset5 (tex, pdf) |
14 | 03-08 | T | Randomized Algorithms
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) | KleinbergTardos 13.6 | |
15 | 03-10 | R | Randomized Algorithms
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) | KleinbergTardos 13.7 | |
| 03-11 | F | | | pset6 (tex, pdf) (soln) |
| 03-15 | T | spring break | | |
| 03-17 | R | spring break | | |
| 03-18 | F | | | |
16 | 03-22 | T | Randomized Algorithms
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) | KleinbergTardos 13.9,13.10 | |
17 | 03-24 | R | Randomized Algorithms
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) | KleinbergTardos 13.2 | |
| 03-25 | F | | | pset7 (tex, pdf) |
18 | 03-29 | T | Linear Programming
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) |
Erickson §H.1-H.3; Har-Peled §21.5.3 |
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19 | 03-31 | R | Linear Programming
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) |
Erickson §H.4-H.6; Har-Peled §21.5.3 |
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| 04-01 | F | | | pset8 (tex, pdf) |
20 | 04-05 | T | Linear Programming
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) |
Chekuri (pdf), Matoušek-Gärtner §6.7 |
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| 04-07 | R | Exam 2 Review
(mp4/mediaspace) |
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| 04-08 | F | | | |
| 04-11 | M | exam2, 7-9:30pm, Siebel 1404 | | (soln) |
21 | 04-12 | T | Linear Programming
(mp4/mediaspace) |
Matoušek-Gärtner §4.2,4.4 |
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22 | 04-14 | R | NP-Completeness
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) |
Har-Peled (pdf, pdf) |
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| 04-15 | F | | | pset9 (tex, pdf) |
23 | 04-19 | T | NP-Completeness
(pdf; mp4) |
Har-Peled (pdf), KleinbergTardos 8.5 |
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24 | 04-21 | R | NP-Completeness
(pdf; mp4) |
KleinbergTardos 8.6,8.8 |
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| 04-22 | F | | | pset10 (tex, pdf) |
25 | 04-26 | T | Approximation Algorithms
(pdf; mp4/mediaspace) |
KleinbergTardos 11.1,11.3,11.8 |
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26 | 04-28 | R | Approximation Algorithms
(pdf; mp4) |
KleinbergTardos 11.6,11.7 |
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| 04-29 | F | | | pset11 (tex, pdf) |
27 | 05-03 | T | Approximation Algorithms
(pdf; mp4) |
Williamson and Shmoys 1.7,5.1,5.3,5.4,5.5 |
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| 05-11 | W | final, 7-10pm, Siebel 1404 | | (soln) |