The Power of Computable Processes - Unveiling the Foundations of Logic and Mathematics

Pasquale De Marco

Sinossi

Embark on an enlightening journey into the captivating world of computability, where logic, mathematics, and the very nature of intelligence intertwine. This comprehensive book delves into the profound foundations of computability theory, unveiling its rich history, exploring its intricate connections to various disciplines, and showcasing its far-reaching implications for modern computing.

Uncover the Roots of Computability: Discover the fascinating evolution of computability theory, from its early origins to the groundbreaking work of Alan Turing and beyond. Explore the concept of the Turing machine, a universal model of computation that revolutionized our understanding of computation. Investigate Church's Thesis, a fundamental hypothesis that asserts the equivalence of computability and effective calculability, and delve into the Entscheidungsproblem and Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems, which illuminate the limits of computability.

Explore the Foundations of Logic: Delve into the intricate world of logic, the cornerstone of computability theory. Discover the power of propositional and predicate logic, uncovering the principles of logical reasoning and the intricacies of formal systems. Investigate completeness and soundness in first-order logic, exploring the relationship between provability and truth. Moreover, explore the applications of first-order logic in computer science, highlighting its role in automated reasoning and knowledge representation.

Unravel Computable Functions and Their Properties: Embark on a journey into the realm of computable functions, the building blocks of computation. Investigate the definition of computable functions, examining primitive recursive functions and their closure properties. Encounter the concept of recursively enumerable functions and explore the infamous Halting Problem, a pivotal undecidable problem that has profound implications for the limits of computation. Additionally, examine Rice's Theorem, which sheds light on the inherent undecidability of many problems in computer science.

Investigate Computability and Complexity: Dive into the captivating interplay between computability and complexity, two fundamental aspects of computation. Explore the concept of complexity classes, providing a framework for measuring the difficulty of computational problems. Delve into the cornerstones of complexity theory, namely P, NP, and NP-Completeness, and investigate the inherent challenges associated with intractable problems. Furthermore, examine polynomial-time algorithms, efficient solutions to tractable problems, and explore heuristics and approximation algorithms as strategies for dealing with intractable problems.

Explore Computability and Automata Theory: Discover the deep connection between computability and automata theory, two powerful tools for understanding computation. Investigate finite automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines, exploring their capabilities and limitations in recognizing different classes of formal languages. Delve into the Chomsky Hierarchy, a classification system for formal languages, and explore the applications of automata theory in computer science, including lexical analysis and parsing.

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Disponibile da: 02/06/2025.

Lunghezza di stampa: 165 pagine.

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