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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mathematical Thinking in Computer Science by University of California San Diego

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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

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)

DG

Jun 29, 2018

Love the quality of thought that goes into each lesson. The professors speak with acute clarity and really demonstrate and empathy for the student to truly understand the topics!

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By Yash

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Jan 4, 2020

wonderful course improved my skills a lot

By MARIN, M A (

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Mar 14, 2020

Puzzle activities are very fun to do. :)

By NITIN K

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Mar 8, 2020

It was great. I learnt a lot of things.

By Rafael E

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May 30, 2018

Excellent intro to mathematical proofs!

By A.swetha

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Oct 11, 2020

Its really useful to me I learned it's

By Greg T

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Jul 14, 2020

Interesting programming assignments.

By Shubham C

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Jun 3, 2020

The Course is basic but really nice.

By AMAN B

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May 19, 2020

They are teaching some nice stuff.

By Анастасия Д

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Jun 4, 2018

Nice course for beginners in Math

By Buchireddypalli K

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Jan 21, 2021

This course is really helpful.

By Shivam K

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Jul 11, 2020

This course is really amazing.

By Rohit A

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Dec 30, 2020

It was an amazing experience.

By Ali E

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May 24, 2021

good stuff , love the course

By Shihan L

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Apr 1, 2021

very helpful and inspriring!

By Pooja D

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May 22, 2020

Great learning experience 👍

By Omar E

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Oct 23, 2019

the puzzles are fun to solve

By RAMYA.J

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Jul 5, 2020

course is very much useful

By Ameet K

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Jun 15, 2020

It was very good experinece

By DARSH H D

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Sep 8, 2021

best website for learning

By Muhammad S S

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Mar 3, 2023

I found this course best.

By JIGAR P V

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Sep 6, 2021

best learning plate form

By Kayra T

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Nov 22, 2020

Good Course thanks a lot

By Rathsara R

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Jun 22, 2020

This was simply awesome.

By manish k

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Mar 28, 2018

Love the teaching style.

By Sriram N

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Jul 13, 2020

very clear explanations