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6.5420 Randomness and Computation
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Not offered academic year 2026-2027Graduate (Spring)
Prereq: 6.1220 and 18.4041
Units: 3-0-9
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The power and sources of randomness in computation. Connections and applications to computational complexity, computational learning theory, cryptography and combinatorics. Topics include: probabilistic proofs, uniform generation and approximate counting, Fourier analysis of Boolean functions, computational learning theory, expander graphs, pseudorandom generators, derandomization.
R. Rubinfeld