The Discrepancy Method: Randomness and Complexity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521770934)

The discrepancy method has produced the most fruitful line of attack on a pivotal computer science question: What is the computational power of random bits? It has also played a major role in recent developments in complexity theory. This book tells the story of the discrepancy method in a few succinct independent vignettes. The chapters explore such topics as communication complexity, pseudo-randomness, rapidly mixing Markov chains, points on a sphere, derandomization, convex hulls and Voronoi diagrams, linear programming, geometric sampling and VC-dimension theory, minimum spanning trees, circuit complexity, and multidimensional searching. The mathematical treatment is thorough and self-contained, with minimal prerequisites. More information can be found on the book's home page at http: //www.cs.princeton.edu/ chazelle/book.html

Author: Bernard Chazelle
ISBN-10: 0521770939
ISBN-13: 9780521770934
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2000
Pages: 494
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.35w x 1.20d