Lecture assignments
WeekDateFirst lecturerSecond lecturer
1 February 5 Eric Rosen --- Introduction and overview
February 7 Eric Rosen --- First-order logic
2 February 12Michael Forbes Paragraphs 2.4-2.7, 3.1 (pp. 16-17, 23-24) Samantha Mirzoeff Paragraphs 3.2-3.4 (pp. 24-25)
February 14Eunsuk Kang Paragraph 3.5 (pp. 27-28) Stela Gaitani Paragraphs 3.6-3.7 (pp. 29-31)
3 February 19 No class.
February 21Rebecca Freund"Background" (pp. 15, 17, 26) Asilata BapatParagraphs 3.8-3.12 (pp. 32-33)
4 February 26 Josh Horowitz Section 3.4 through Thm. 3.15 (pp. 33-35) Kenny Lu Paragraphs 3.16-3.18 (pp. 35-36)
February 28Eric RosenThe Ehrenfeucht-Fraisse Theorem Edwin Chen Pages 37-38
5 March 4MichaelParagraphs 4.1-4.3 (pp. 45-47) SamanthaParagraphs 4.4-4.7 (pp. 47-49)
March 6EunsukParagraphs 4.8-4.10 (pp. 49-51) AsilataParagraphs 4.11-4.13 (pp. 51-52)
6 March 11Josh Paragraph 7.1 (pp. 113-115) KennyParagraphs 7.2-7.5 (pp. 115-116)
March 13RebeccaParagraphs 7.6-7.10 (pp. 116-118) EdwinParagraphs 7.11-7.12, top of p. 120 (pp. 118-120)
7 March 18SamanthaParagraph 7.14 (pp. 120-121) AsilataParagraphs 7.15-7.20 (pp. 122-123)
March 20MichaelFinite automata EunsukNondeterminism
Spring Break
8 April 1 Edwin P. 124 and 1/2 of 125 Josh 1/2 of p. 125 and p. 126
April 3MichaelSection 7.5 (pp. 127-129) KennyParagraphs 7.28-7.29 (pp. 129-131)
9 April 8Asilata Turing machines (pp. 18-19 + Sipser) Samantha Complexity classes (pp. 19-21 + Sipser)
April 10Eunsuk Section 6.1 (pp. 87-89) Rebecca Section 9.1 (pp. 165-168)
10 April 15Kenny Paragraphs 6.6, 9.5-9.7 (pp. 92-93, 168-9) Josh Fagin's theorem (pp. 170-171)
April 17Edwin Paragraphs 10.1-10.2 (pp. 177-179) Rebecca Paragraphs 10.3-10.7 (pp. 179-182)
11April 22 No class - Patriot's Day
April 24Asilata Theorem 10.14 (pp. 192-194) Michael Section 10.5 (pp. 195-197)
12April 29 Samantha Pages 235-237 (through Def. 12.1) Eunsuk Paragraphs 12.4-12.6 (pp. 238-239)
May 1 Edwin Paragraphs 12.8-12.11 (pp. 241-242) Josh Paragraphs 12.12-12.14 (pp. 243-244)
13May 6 Eric Rosen Preservation theorems in model theory Kenny Logic programming
May 8 Michael Transitive closure logic and NLOGSPACE Asilata Finite variable logic
14May 13 Edwin Embedded finite models Samantha Generalized quantifiers
May 15 Eunsuk Bisimulation and modal logic Josh Zero-one laws