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\lecture{1: Introduction, Approximate Counting}{Jan 11,
  2021}{Instructor:\hspace{0.08cm}\emph{Alex Andoni }}{\emph{YOUR NAME}}

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A few reminders:
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  \item
  Please make sure to coordinate with your partner(s) to scribe the
  lecture. You are to produce one set of scribes amongst yourselves.
\item
  Please submit by midnight the next day after the lecture, by sending
  Alex an email.
\item Send {\em both the source tex and pdf} file (and
  auxiliary files, if you have any), titled \texttt{scribeX.tex},
  \texttt{scribeX.pdf}, where X is the lecture number.
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\section{Introduction}

Today's lecture is about 1) overview of the class, and 2) approx counting...

\section{Course Info}

\section{Course Topics}
\textbullet{} Flying Algorithms  \\
....


\section{Problem: Counting}

In this problem, the goal is to count like toddlers do...



\begin{claim}
$\E_{fixed\ variables}[something]=n$.
\end{claim}
\begin{proof}
  The proof is by induction...
\end{proof}

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