18.404J | Fall 2020 | Undergraduate, Graduate

Theory of Computation

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Lecture 23: Probabilistic Computation, BPP

Description: Quickly reviewed last lecture. Defined probabilistic Turing machines and the class BPP. Sketched the amplification lemma. Introduced branching programs and read-once branching programs. Started the proof that \(EQ\)ROBP ∈ BPP. Introduced the arithmetization method.

Instructor: Prof. Michael Sipser

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