What makes sublinear algorithms so fast? Lecture I

Anna Gilbert
University of Michigan
Mathematics

This is a mini-course on sublinear algorithms in sparse signal recovery. It will give an overview of randomized approximation algorithms. It will also include two main topics from which we draw techniques: combinatorial group testing and coding theory.

Lecture 1: Introduction to randomized, approximation algorithms
a. Definitions
b. Goals
c. Examples


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