• CS 111.02 - Fall 2025

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Lesson 28: What cannot be computed

19 November, 2025

Outline:

  1. Questions?
  2. Review: “easy” problems
    • searching: algorithms and runtimes
    • sorting: algorithms and runtimes
  3. “Hard” problems
    • review: Bin Packing and Knapsack
    • another intractable problem: Towers of Hanoi
    • an unsolvable problem: The Halting Problem

Reading assignment (to be completed before the final):

  • Zelle sections 14.4–14.5 (pp. 498–508)