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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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Jul 1, 2020

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Jun 8, 2020

Amazing course

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Dec 29, 2020

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Jul 21, 2018

learned a lot

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Sep 10, 2021

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Aug 11, 2021

good course

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Interesting

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Oct 9, 2017

nice course

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Nov 17, 2022

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Nov 14, 2021

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Aug 15, 2020

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May 31, 2018

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Dec 22, 2020

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Nov 22, 2020

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Sep 9, 2020

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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