Enumerability, decidability, computability : an introduction to the theory of recursive functions / / Hans Hermes ; Translated by Gabor T. Herman and O. Plassmann

• Autore: Hermes Hans
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Germany ; ; New York, New York : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1965]; ©1965
• Edizione: 1st ed. 1965.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (X, 245 p.)
• Disciplina: 164
• Soggetto topico: Mathematics
• Persona (resp. second.): HermanGabor T.; PlassmannOrtwin
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introductory Reflections on Algorithms -- 2. Turing Machines -- 3. ?-Recursive Functions -- 4. The Equivalence of Turing-Computability and?-Recursiveness -- 5. Recursive Functions -- 6. Undecidable Predicates -- 7. Miscellaneous -- Author and Subject Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The task of developing algorithms to solve problems has always been considered by mathematicians to be an especially interesting and im­ portant one. Normally an algorithm is applicable only to a narrowly limited group of problems. Such is for instance the Euclidean algorithm, which determines the greatest common divisor of two numbers, or the well-known procedure which is used to obtain the square root of a natural number in decimal notation. The more important these special algorithms are, all the more desirable it seems to have algorithms of a greater range of applicability at one's disposal. Throughout the centuries, attempts to provide algorithms applicable as widely as possible were rather unsuc­ cessful. It was only in the second half of the last century that the first appreciable advance took place. Namely, an important group of the inferences of the logic of predicates was given in the form of a calculus. (Here the Boolean algebra played an essential pioneer role. ) One could now perhaps have conjectured that all mathematical problems are solvable by algorithms. However, well-known, yet unsolved problems (problems like the word problem of group theory or Hilbert's tenth problem, which considers the question of solvability of Diophantine equations) were warnings to be careful. Nevertheless, the impulse had been given to search for the essence of algorithms. Leibniz already had inquired into this problem, but without success.
• Titolo autorizzato: Enumerability, Decidability, Computability
• ISBN: 3-662-11686-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827106603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, A Series of Comprehensive Studies in Mathematics, . 0072-7830 ; ; 127