Classical Recursion Theory

Classical Recursion Theory
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 667
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ISBN-10 : 0080886590
ISBN-13 : 9780080886596
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Book Synopsis Classical Recursion Theory by : P. Odifreddi

Download or read book Classical Recursion Theory written by P. Odifreddi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1992-02-04 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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