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Unit 3: Mathematische Grundlagen
This unit covers:
- series and limits
- Big-Oh notation and related notations
- recurrence relations
- master theorem
- elementary probability theory
Material
- slides
- Video 3-0 (2026-04-27, 5:20): Motivation
- Video 3-1 (2026-04-27, 33:46): 3SUM
- Video 3-2 (2026-04-27, 20:50): Folgen und Grenzwerte
- Video 3-3 (2026-04-27, 13:53): Asymptotische Notation
- Video 3-4 (2026-04-29, 3:19): Asymtotiken aus Plots?
- Video 3-5 (2026-04-29, 33:55): Rechenregeln für Asymptotiken
- Video 3-6 (2026-04-29, 18:55): Rekursionsgleichungen
- Video 3-7 (2026-04-29, 11:21): Das Master-Theorem
- Video 3-8 (2026-05-04, 33:54): Die Rekursionsbaum-Methode
- Video 3-8 (2026-05-04, 25:31): Stochastik-Grundlagen
Further sources
The Master Theorem and its proof are also covered in the following sources:
- Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein: Introduction to Algorithms 4th edition