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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163026803321

Titolo

Martin Davis on computability, computational logic, and mathematical foundations / / edited by Eugenio G. Omodeo, Alberto Policriti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-41842-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Outstanding Contributions to Logic, , 2211-2758 ; ; 10

Disciplina

925.1

Soggetti

Logic

Mathematical logic

Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. My Life as a Logician (Martin Davis) -- Chapter 2. Martin Davis and Hilbert’s Tenth Problem (Yuri Matiyasevich) -- Chapter 3. Extensions of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem: Definability and Decidability in Number Theory (Alexandra Shlapentokh) -- Chapter 4. A Story of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem (Laura Elena Morales Guerrero) -- Chapter 5. Hyperarithmetical Sets (Yiannis N. Moschovakis) -- Chapter 6. Honest Computability and Complexity (Udi Boker and Nachum Dershowitz) -- Chapter 7. Why Post Did [Not] Have Turing’s Thesis (Wilfried Sieg) -- Chapter 8. On Quantum Computation, Anyons, and Categories (Andreas Blass).

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a set of historical recollections on the work of Martin Davis and his role in advancing our understanding of the connections between logic, computing, and unsolvability. The individual contributions touch on most of the core aspects of Davis’ work and set it in a contemporary context. They analyse, discuss and develop many of the ideas and concepts that Davis put forward, including such issues as contemporary satisfiability solvers, essential unification, quantum computing and generalisations of Hilbert’s tenth problem. The book starts out with a scientific autobiography by Davis, and ends with his responses to comments included in the



contributions. In addition, it includes two previously unpublished original historical papers in which Davis and Putnam investigate the decidable and the undecidable side of Logic, as well as a full bibliography of Davis’ work. As a whole, this book shows how Davis’ scientific work lies at the intersection of computability, theoretical computer science, foundations of mathematics, and philosophy, and draws its unifying vision from his deep involvement in Logic.