COMP116 Lectures Paul E. Dunne

A set of lectures recorded for the module Analytic Techniques for Computer Science. This is a first year course taught in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, UK. The module presents an introduction to a range of formal mechanisms widely applied in modern CS: number types and polynomials; vectors algebra and matrix properties; calculus and its use in optimization problems (both single and multivariable); complex numbers (properties, representation, operations, including an overview of Calculus in the Complex Plane); Experiment in CS (basic regression methods); Spectral Methods; introductory Information Theory and elements of language models. The supporting textbook mentioned is available from https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848903103 (also at Amazon US).