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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mathematical Thinking in Computer Science by University of California San Diego

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    About the Course

    Mathematical thinking is crucial in all areas of computer science: algorithms, bioinformatics, computer graphics, data science, machine
    learning, etc. In this course, we will learn the most important tools used in discrete mathematics: induction, recursion, logic, invariants,
    examples, optimality. We will use these tools to answer typical programming questions like: How can we be certain a solution exists? Am I sure
    my program computes the optimal answer? Do each of these objects meet the given requirements? In the online course, we use a
    try-this-before-we-explain-everything approach: you will be solving many interactive (and mobile friendly) puzzles that were c...
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    Mar 25, 2019

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    The teachers are informative and good. They explain the topic in a way that we can easily understand. The slides provide all the information that is needed. The external tools are fun and informative.

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    Feb 27, 2021

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    It is a great course! teachers explain everything with care. While providing lectures there are some popup ques that verify whether you understood that lecture or not. Overall, a great experience.

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    By Amanat U M

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    Feb 28, 2021

    It is a great course! teachers explain everything with care. While providing lectures there are some popup ques that verify whether you understood that lecture or not. Overall, a great experience.

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    By Himanshu P M

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    May 7, 2020

    This course is good for beginner.

    rather than being complicated it will change the way you think.

    one advice---- you should have knowledge of python basic to complete the assignment of this course

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    By KANG J H

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    May 8, 2021

    Mathematical thinking seemed very difficult to approach but from this course I was able to advance myself more progressively through puzzles and examples which was very easy to understand.

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    By Jony N

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    Apr 28, 2020

    Course was good, but sometimes i needed additional sources to understand topic better. Maybe, it was because of my english. Anyway it gave me a path what i should look for! Thank you!

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    By Mohamed H I

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    Sep 16, 2020

    Positive: Great material, full of concepts, the teaching is simple and interactive, quizzes are amazing.

    Negative: Too much python programming (need to be aware of python basics)

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    By Derrick S

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    Nov 7, 2022

    This course has made me appreciate discrete mathematics than ever before. If you're even thinking about taking this course, then I RECOMMEND that you stop thinking and take it!

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    By JEYA S K R

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    Jun 15, 2020

    Mathematical Thinking in Computer Science course is very interesting to solve the puzzles and to think solutions in more than one way, This was surely enthusiastic :-)

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    By Dian Y T S S

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    Jul 22, 2020

    I love this course because it's make math not so boring, every puzzle is very challenging, hope sometime in the future I can meet with all the lecturer in this course.

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    By Vasiliy I

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    May 17, 2020

    Excellent course, I especially liked the manner of presentation by Alexander Shen, where before voicing the solution or proof, you are invited to get to it by yourself

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    By Aditya V M

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    Aug 29, 2020

    Hi ,I am Aditya

    i Really Enjoyed this Course, This course gives a lot of Puzzels and Riddles and it's really fun to solve them , I am moving Towards Next cource now

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    By tejas g

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    Nov 3, 2021

    Awesome learning experience. Kudos to all professors. To be great in computer science, This course is must in your syllabus. I learnt a lot from this course

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    By David C

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    Aug 24, 2020

    Good introduction to computer science in term of mathematics but need some improvements in week 5, deeper explanation is needed. However, overall is good

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    By Gunjan B

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    Jun 5, 2020

    Amazing experience. This course has interactive puzzles and then theoretical explanation about the mathematics used in solving computer science problems.

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    By Bharani

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    Feb 28, 2021

    Great course with some challenging assignments to complete. This course apparently helped me comprehend how to incorporate Maths into Computer Science,

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    By Jherson M

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    May 19, 2020

    It's a very dynamic course, fun and easy to understand. Teaches you the essentials of mathematical thinking, and works perfectly as an introduction.

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    By Matam V

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    May 14, 2020

    One of the BEST courses to take up when you are bored!

    Helps your way of thinking a lot! Though I personally feel a few bugs need to be fixed.

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    Dec 22, 2020

    This course was really interesting , i enjoyed it a lot. There was so tricky questions too, which made me to take a break and think again.

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    By Mohammad I

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    Jul 13, 2021

    Fantastic course I have ever did. Huge thanks to the author. The quiz was very good and intuitive, I have enjoyed this course very much.

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    By YANSKY

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    May 22, 2020

    Great course! All of the lesson are delivered clearly. The exercise was also relevant and very useful for understanding the material.

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    By Sangeeth S V

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    Sep 9, 2020

    Amazing. Really enjoyed the puzzles. I think this is the fastest i've ever finished a course because that's how interesting it was.

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    By Chyuan S H

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    Oct 15, 2020

    Great Math, great attempts at teaching it, proofs are some times complicated and will take some time to wrap one's head around it.

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    By Mohaimen S

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    Sep 5, 2020

    This course was amazing.Alexander Shen sir has awesome power to take attention.His sound and the style of teaching is really nice.

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    By Alagappan S

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    Jun 9, 2020

    Would be better if we could get a hold of the python algorithm to solve the 15 puzzle. Couldn't learn/solve that by the end

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    By Prakhar j

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    Sep 1, 2020

    this course is quite good for implementing logics behind mathematical problems in programming i really like the course !!!

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    By Purva G

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    Aug 10, 2020

    Made my basics very strong. The course is designed very well and gives you everything you expect out of it , even more .

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