CS 116
Reasoning about Program Correctness
Reasoning about Program Correctness
9 units (3-0-6)
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first term
Prerequisites: CS 1 or equivalent.
This course presents the use of logic and formal reasoning to prove the correctness of sequential and concurrent programs. Topics in logic include propositional logic, basics of first-order logic, and the use of logic notations for specifying programs. The course presents a programming notation and its formal semantics, Hoare logic and its use in proving program correctness, predicate transformers and weakest preconditions, and fixed-point theory and its application to proofs of programs. Not offered 2024-25.
Instructor:
Staff