Proofs and Algorithms An Introduction to Logic and Computability
Synopsis
Logic is a branch of philosophy, mathematics and computer science. It studies the required methods to determine whether a statement is true, such as reasoning and computation.Proofs and Algorithms: Introduction to Logic and Computability is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of contemporary logic - those of a proof, a computable function, a model and a set. It presents a series of results, both positive and negative, - Church's undecidability theorem, Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, the theorem asserting the semi-decidability of provability - that have profoundly changed our vision of reasoning, computation, and finally truth itself.Designed for undergraduate students, this book presents all that philosophers, mathematicians and computer scientists should know about logic.Book details
- Edition:
- 2011
- Series:
- Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
- Author:
- Gilles Dowek
- ISBN:
- 9780857291219
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780857291202
- Publisher:
- Springer London
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2021-02-11
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2011
- Copyright by:
- Springer London, London
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Computers and Internet, Mathematics and Statistics, Nonfiction, Philosophy