The Unknowable - Couverture rigide

Chaitin, Gregory J.

 
9789814021722: The Unknowable
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9814021725 ISBN 13 : 9789814021722
Editeur : Springer Verlag, Singapore, 1999

Synopsis

This essential companion volume to Chaitin's highly successful "The Limits of Mathematics", also published by Springer, gives a brilliant historical survey of the work of this century on the foundations of mathematics, in which the author was a major participant. The Unknowable is a very readable and concrete introduction to Chaitin's ideas, and it includes a detailed explanation of the programming language used by Chaitin in both volumes. It will enable computer users to interact with the author's proofs and discover for themselves how they work. The software for The Unknowable can be downloaded from the author's Web site.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This essential companion volume to CHAITIN's highly successful " The Limits of Mathematics ", also published by Springer, gives a brilliant historical survey of the work this century on the foundations of mathematics, in which the author was a major participant. " The Unknowable " is a very readable and concrete introduction to CHAITIN's ideas, and it includes a detailed explanation of the programming language used by CHAITIN in both volumes. It will enable computer users to interact with the author's proofs and discover for themselves how they work. The software for " The Unknowable " can be downloaded from the author's Web site.

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Éditeur
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9814021725
ISBN 13 
9789814021722
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
133
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