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Lecture 1: Overview

Lecture 1: Overview

Lecture 2: 3-Partition I

Lecture 2: 3-Partition I

Lecture 3: 3-Partition II

Lecture 3: 3-Partition II

Lecture 4: SAT I

Lecture 4: SAT I

Lecture 5: SAT Reductions

Lecture 5: SAT Reductions

Lecture 6: Circuit SAT

Lecture 6: Circuit SAT

Lecture 7: Planar SAT

Lecture 7: Planar SAT

Lecture 8: Hamiltonicity

Lecture 8: Hamiltonicity

Lecture 9: Graph Problems

Lecture 9: Graph Problems

Lecture 10: Inapproximabililty Overview

Lecture 10: Inapproximabililty Overview

Lecture 11: Inapproximability Examples

Lecture 11: Inapproximability Examples

Lecture 12: Gaps and PCP

Lecture 12: Gaps and PCP

Lecture 13: W Hierarchy

Lecture 13: W Hierarchy

Lecture 14: ETH and Planar FPT

Lecture 14: ETH and Planar FPT

Lecture 15: #P and ASP

Lecture 15: #P and ASP

Lecture 16: NP and PSPACE Video Games

Lecture 16: NP and PSPACE Video Games

Lecture 17: Nondeterministic Constraint Logic

Lecture 17: Nondeterministic Constraint Logic

Lecture 18: 0- and 2-Player Games

Lecture 18: 0- and 2-Player Games

Lecture 19: Unbounded Games

Lecture 19: Unbounded Games

Lecture 20: Undecidable and P-Complete

Lecture 20: Undecidable and P-Complete

Lecture 21: 3SUM and APSP Hardness

Lecture 21: 3SUM and APSP Hardness

Lecture 22: PPAD

Lecture 22: PPAD

Lecture 23: PPAD Reductions

Lecture 23: PPAD Reductions

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