Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: P. Odifreddi (University of Turin, Italy)
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint: North-Holland
Edition: New edition
Volume: v.125
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 1.050kg
ISBN: 9780444894830
ISBN 10: 0444894837
Pages: 692
Publication Date: 04 February 1992
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
G.E. Sacks, Harvard University and M.I.T. Odifreddi has written a delightful yet scholarly treatise... C. Calude An impressive presentation of classical recursion theory... highly recommended to everyone interested in recursion theory. Zentralblatt fur Mathematik A must as a reference manual for any mathematician, philosopher or theoretical computer scientist who deals with issues of computability. Mathematical Reviews An incredible wealth of information, including much that occurs for the first time in book form. Journal of Symbolic Logic
G.E. Sacks, Harvard University and M.I.T. Odifreddi has written a delightful yet scholarly treatise... C. Calude An impressive presentation of classical recursion theory... highly recommended to everyone interested in recursion theory. Zentralblatt fur Mathematik A must as a reference manual for any mathematician, philosopher or theoretical computer scientist who deals with issues of computability. Mathematical Reviews An incredible wealth of information, including much that occurs for the first time in book form. Journal of Symbolic Logic
"from:G.E. Sacks, Harvard University and M.I.T. ""Odifreddi has written a delightful yet scholarly treatise..."" from:C. Calude ""An impressive presentation of classical recursion theory... highly recommended to everyone interested in recursion theory."" --Zentralblatt für Mathematik ""A must as a reference manual for any mathematician, philosopher or theoretical computer scientist who deals with issues of computability."" --Mathematical Reviews ""An incredible wealth of information, including much that occurs for the first time in book form."" --Journal of Symbolic Logic"
G.E. Sacks, Harvard University and M.I.T. Odifreddi has written a delightful yet scholarly treatise... C. Calude An impressive presentation of classical recursion theory... highly recommended to everyone interested in recursion theory. Zentralblatt fur Mathematik A must as a reference manual for any mathematician, philosopher or theoretical computer scientist who deals with issues of computability. Mathematical Reviews An incredible wealth of information, including much that occurs for the first time in book form. Journal of Symbolic Logic
