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AnW Materials

Algorithms & Probability

This page contains the slides weekly exercise and other useful materials for the course Algorithms & Probability. Since I will also be holding a PVW in this subject the respective materials can also be found here. They will be very similar to the ones of the weekly sessions but mainly in English.

PVW Material

Weekly Sessions

Week 1: Introduction

Connectedness, Cut-Vertices/-Edges, DFS with Low Values

Week 5: Probabilities I

Notation, Addition-/Multiplication Rule, Inclusion-Exclusion Principle, Union Bound, Combinatorics, Conditional Probability, Law of total Probability

Week 6: Probabilities II

Bayes Theorem, Independence, Random Variables, PDF/CDF, Expected Value, Linearity of Expectation, Indicator Variables, (Distributed Algorithms)

Week 7: Variance & Probability Distributions

Variance, Standard Deviation, Coupon Collector, Probability Distributions: Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric, Poisson

Week 8: NO LESSON

Week 9: Randomized Algorithms I

Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, 'Üppige-Auswahl'-Problem, Primality Testing

Week 10: Randomized Algorithms II

Quick Sort, Quick Select, Finding Duplicates, "Hase-Igel"-Algorithm

Week 12: NO LESSON

Week 13: Networks II, Min-Cuts, Smallest Enclosing Circle

Bipartite Matching, Edge Disjoint Paths, Vertex Disjoint Paths, Image Segmentation, Bootstrapping, Edge Contractions, Smallest Enclosing Circle

Week 14: Convex Hull, Semester Recap

Convexity, Jarvis Wrap, Local Repair

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