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About the Course

Mathematical thinking is crucial in all areas of computer science: algorithms, bioinformatics, computer graphics, data science, machine learning, etc. In this course, we will learn the most important tools used in discrete mathematics: induction, recursion, logic, invariants, examples, optimality. We will use these tools to answer typical programming questions like: How can we be certain a solution exists? Am I sure my program computes the optimal answer? Do each of these objects meet the given requirements? In the online course, we use a try-this-before-we-explain-everything approach: you will be solving many interactive (and mobile friendly) puzzles that were carefully designed to allow you to invent many of the important ideas and concepts yourself. Prerequisites: 1. We assume only basic math (e.g., we expect you to know what is a square or how to add fractions), common sense and curiosity. 2. Basic programming knowledge is necessary as some quizzes require programming in Python....

Top reviews

JO

Oct 15, 2017

I really liked this course, it's a good introduction to mathematical thinking, with plenty of examples and exercises, I also liked the use of other external graphical tools as exercises.

MI

Sep 15, 2020

Positive: Great material, full of concepts, the teaching is simple and interactive, quizzes are amazing.Negative: Too much python programming (need to be aware of python basics)

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Jul 1, 2020

Just Excellent

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Jun 8, 2020

Amazing course

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Dec 29, 2020

cool and best

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Jul 21, 2018

learned a lot

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Sep 10, 2021

very helpful

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Aug 11, 2021

good course

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Jun 17, 2025

Interesting

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Oct 9, 2017

nice course

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Nov 17, 2022

Excellent!

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Nov 14, 2021

very good

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Aug 15, 2020

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May 31, 2018

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Jun 9, 2025

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Oct 3, 2021

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Jan 26, 2021

excellent

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Dec 22, 2020

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Nov 22, 2020

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Oct 22, 2020

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Sep 9, 2020

excellent

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May 24, 2020

very good

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May 20, 2020

Excellent

By evans

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Sep 9, 2019

very good

By Miguel A D A

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Oct 3, 2018

Perfect!

By Gaurav P

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Oct 1, 2017

love it.

By SRINIKETH K

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Sep 8, 2021

LOVE IT