Functions: defining and calling functions, and recursion. Familiarity with scientific ... problem as a dynamic program and solving these problems using memoization. We will cover dynamic programming ...

Developed in the 1950s, dynamic programming is a popular technique for solving complex problems with two key techniques: recursion and memoization. Recursion involves breaking a problem down into ...

Mathematical Background: We expect that the student is comfortable with basic mathematics at the level of a U.S. first-year college STEM student. This includes basic notions such as sets and functions ...