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Record Nr.

UNINA9911099682403321

Titolo

Computability in context : computation and logic in the real world / / editors, S. Barry Cooper, Andrea Sorbi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

9786613148162

9781283148160

1283148161

9781848162778

1848162774

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperS. B (S. Barry)

SorbiAndrea <1956->

Disciplina

511.3/52

Soggetti

Computable functions

Computational intelligence

Set theory

Mathematics - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; 1. Computation, Information, and the Arrow of Time P. Adriaans & P. van Emde Boas; 2. The Isomorphism Conjecture for NP M. Agrawal; 3. The Ershov Hierarchy M. M. Arslanov; 4. Complexity and Approximation in Reoptimization G. Ausiello, V. Bonifaci, & B. Escoffer; 5. Definability in the Real Universe S. B. Cooper; 6. HF-Computability Y. L. Ershov, V. G. Puzarenko, & A. I. Stukachev; 7. The Mathematics of Computing between Logic and Physics G. Longo & T. Paul; 8. Liquid State Machines: Motivation, Theory, and Applications W. Maass

9. Experiments on an Internal Approach to Typed Algorithms in Analysis D. Normann10. Recursive Functions: An Archeological Look P. Odifreddi; 11. Reverse Mathematics and Well-ordering Principles M. Rathjen & A. Weiermann; 12. Discrete Transfinite Computation Models P. D. Welch



Sommario/riassunto

Computability has played a crucial role in mathematics and computer science, leading to the discovery, understanding and classification of decidable/undecidable problems, paving the way for the modern computer era, and affecting deeply our view of the world. Recent new paradigms of computation, based on biological and physical models, address in a radically new way questions of efficiency and challenge assumptions about the so-called Turing barrier. This volume addresses various aspects of the ways computability and theoretical computer science enable scientists and philosophers to deal with m