Computation and Automata
This introduction to certain mathematical topics central to theoretical computer science treats computability and recursive functions, formal languages and automata, computational complexity, and cruptography. The presentation is essentially self-contained with detailed proofs of all statements provided. Although it begins with the basics, it proceeds to some of the most important recent developments in theoretical computer science.
Product details
April 2011Paperback
9780521177337
300 pages
234 × 156 × 16 mm
0.42kg
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Table of Contents
- Editor's statement
- Foreword G. Rozenberg
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: models of computation
- 2. Rudiments of language theory
- 3. Restricted automata
- 4. Turing machines and recursive functions
- 5. Famous decision problems
- 6. Computational complexity
- 7. Cryptography
- 8. Trends in automata and language theory
- Historical and bibliographical remarks