Limits of computation [electronic resource] : from a programming perspective / Bernhard Reus.

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Limits of computation [electronic resource] : from a programming perspective / Bernhard Reus.

9783319278896 (electronic book)
3319278894 (electronic book)
9783319278872

Cham : Springer, 2016.

English

1 online resource (xviii, 348 pages) : illustrations

10.1007/978-3-319-27889-6 doi

QA76.6

005.1

This textbook discusses the most fundamental and puzzling questions about the foundations of computing. In 23 lecture-sized chapters it provides an exciting tour through the most important results in the field of computability and time complexity, including the Halting Problem, Rice's Theorem, Kleene's Recursion Theorem, the Church-Turing Thesis, Hierarchy Theorems, and Cook-Levin's Theorem. Each chapter contains classroom-tested material, including examples and exercises. Links between adjacent chapters provide a coherent narrative. Fundamental results are explained lucidly by means of programs written in a simple, high-level imperative programming language, which only requires basic mathematical knowledge. Throughout the book, the impact of the presented results on the entire field of computer science is emphasised. Examples range from program analysis to networking, from database programming to popular games and puzzles. Numerous biographical footnotes about the famous scientists who developed the subject are also included. "Limits of Computation" offers a thorough, yet accessible, introduction to computability and complexity for the computer science student of the 21st century.

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Undergraduate topics in computer science.

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