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  • Prof. Dor Minzer
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  • Mathematics
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Fall 2022
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Graduate
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  • Engineering
    • Computer Science
      • Algorithms and Data Structures
  • Mathematics
    • Algebra and Number Theory
    • Discrete Mathematics
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18.408 | Fall 2022 | Graduate

Topics in Theoretical Computer Science: Probabilistically Checkable Proofs

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Lecture 1: Introduction (PDF)

Lectures 2 & 3: Error Correcting Codes (PDF)

Lectures 4–6: Quadratic Solvability, Low-Degree Extensions and the Sum-check Protocol (PDF)

Lectures 7 & 8: Low-Degree Testing (PDF)

Lecture 9: A PCP with Polylog Many Queries and Formalizations of PCPs (PDF) 

Lectures 10 & 11: Hadamard and Quadratic Hadamard Codes; The Composition Technique (PDF)

Lecture 12: Aggregation of Queries (PDF)

Lecture 13: Hardness of Approximating the Maximum Clique (PDF)

Lectures 14 & 15: The Parallel Repetition Theorem (PDF)

Lecture 16: The Set-Cover Problem and A Reduction from Label-cover to Set-cover (PDF)

Lectures 17–20: The Long-code Paradigm and Some Optimal Inapproximability Results (PDF)

Lecture 21: The Unique-Games Conjecture and the Goemans-Williamson Algorithm (PDF)

Lectures 22 & 23: Unique-OCWGames Hardness of Max-cut (PDF)

Course Info

Instructor
  • Prof. Dor Minzer
Departments
  • Mathematics
As Taught In
Fall 2022
Level
Graduate
Topics
  • Engineering
    • Computer Science
      • Algorithms and Data Structures
  • Mathematics
    • Algebra and Number Theory
    • Discrete Mathematics
Learning Resource Types
notes Lecture Notes
assignment Problem Sets

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