CSci 301 Announcements

November 21, 1998: If you did not receive a copy of the paper on DNA computing (which was offered in class at three consecutive lectures), you might consider picking one up from me or the TA before the final exam.

November 13, 1998: The proof of theorem 5.3 is correct. See the updated lecture notes for undecidable problems.

November 13, 1998: The second mid-term exam cover chapters 4 through 6.2.

November 12, 1998: The TA's office hours have changed. See the home page.

November 6, 1998: The second mid-term exam will be at the regular class time (3:30 PM) November 19, in SLH 102. The exam will cover chapters 4 through 6.

October 8, 1998: The mid-term exam will be at the regular class time (3:30 PM) Oct. 22, in THH301 (different building, different room). The mid-term will cover only chapters 1 through 3.

September 17, 1998: We have been given a new room that holds 90 people: GFS 116. We will meet today in the usual place (THH 212) and after the homeworks are turned in, we will migrate en masse to the new room.

September 17, 1998: The get-together for new undergraduate students (freshman and transfer) has slipped eight days, until Thursday, October 1 from noon to 2 PM on the lawn in front of the Salvatori Computer Science building. If this is your first time at USC, come socialize with your fellow new students and instructors and professors. Pizza, sandwiches, and drinks will be served.

September 13, 1998: There are two printings of the text in use now, the first and the second. The primary difference seems to be in the number of errata. Michael Sipser's Web site maintains lists of errata for both printings. The chapter copies I have been providing are from the first printing.

September 11, 1998: There will be a get-together for new undergraduate students (freshman and transfer) on Wednesday, September 23, from noon to 2 PM on the lawn in front of the Salvatori Computer Science building. If this is your first time at USC, come socialize with your fellow new students and instructors and professors. Pizza, sandwiches, and drinks will be served.

September 11, 1998: A xerox copy of chapter 2 is now available (along with chapters 0 and 1) outside my office.

September 11, 1998: Due to the temporary book shortage, the due date for the first homework has slipped to Thursday, September 17. However, the second homework is also due that same date. Policy reminder: no late homework will be accepted without prior arrangement.

September 11, 1998: The formulation of homework exercise 1.4 (l) is ambiguous. Simply state your interpretation and proceed.

August 21, 1998: Students should read chapter 0 of the text Introduction to the Theory of Computation before the first class on Thursday, September 3.

Email: Richard dot J dot Wagner at gmail dot com