Classical recursion theory : the theory of functions and sets of natural numbers /
1988 marked the first centenary of Recursion Theory, since Dedekind's 1888 paper on the nature of number. Now available in paperback, this book is both a comprehensive reference for the subject and a textbook starting from first principles. Among the subjects covered are: various equivalent app...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
1992.
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| Series: | Studies in logic and the foundations of mathematics ;
v. 125. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 1988 marked the first centenary of Recursion Theory, since Dedekind's 1888 paper on the nature of number. Now available in paperback, this book is both a comprehensive reference for the subject and a textbook starting from first principles. Among the subjects covered are: various equivalent approaches to effective computability and their relations with computers and programming languages; a discussion of Church's thesis; a modern solution to Post's problem; global properties of Turing degrees; and a complete algebraic characterization of many-one degrees. Included are a number of applications to logic (in particular Gödel's theorems) and to computer science, for which Recursion Theory provides the theoretical foundation. |
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| Item Description: | "First edition 1989"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 668 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780080886596 0080886590 |