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 2008 semester. Here you can find pointers to various resources for students taking the course. You should check this page periodically for new announcements.

1. Final exam

The final exam was given Friday, 2008-12-19, starting at 9:00 am in WLH 208. It was a closed-book test covering all material discussed during the semester. Solutions: final-2008-solutions.pdf. Exam without solutions: final-2008.pdf.

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

2. Announcements

2008-12-21: Semester grades are now available in Grade-o-Matic. Thank you all for your hard work in the course. I hope you have a great break!
2008-12-20: /Assignments/FinalExam solutions are now available. Graded finals will be available outside AKW 401 on Monday.
2008-12-16: /Assignments/HW10/Solutions are now available.
2008-12-03: /Assignments/HW09/Solutions are now available.
2008-12-02: /Assignments/HW08/Solutions are now available.
2008-11-30: /Assignments/HW10 is now available.
2008-11-19: A clarification and a correction have been added to the third question on /Assignments/HW09.
2008-11-17: There was an error in the first question on /Assignments/HW09. It has now been fixed.
2008-11-14: /Assignments/HW09 is now available.
2008-11-12: /Assignments/HW07/Solutions are now available.
2008-11-09: /Assignments/HW08 is now available.

/OldAnnouncements.

3. Mean assignment grades

Mean is average of all assignments turned in. Max is the maximum possible grade.

     name     | mean | max 
--------------+------+-----
 Homework 1   | 17.6 |  25
 Homework 2   | 16.3 |  25
 Homework 3   | 25.3 |  30
 Homework 4   | 22.2 |  32
 Homework 5   | 20.0 |  30
 Midterm Exam | 57.9 |  80
 Homework 6   | 22.1 |  30
 Homework 7   | 24.1 |  30
 Homework 8   | 23.2 |  30
 Homework 9   | 21.2 |  25
 Homework 10  | 19.4 |  25
 Final Exam   | 72.3 | 100

4. 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.
Grade-o-Matic
/2007, /2005, and /2004 course pages (may be broken in various ways).

5. Staff

Instructor

Jim Aspnes (<aspnes@cs.yale.edu>, http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/aspnes/). Phone: 432-1232. Office: AKW 401. See calendar below for open office hours. You can also send me email to make an appointment.

Teaching Fellow

Lev Reyzin (<lev.reyzin@yale.edu>). Phone: 432-7037. Office: AKW 412. See calendar below for open office hours.

6. Calendar

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

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>.