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W.H. Freeman
Language
English
Pages
426

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Textbooks, Mathematical models, Computer science, Mathematics, Mathematics textbooks, Computer science, mathematics, Computer mathematics, General & miscellaneous computing, Computer science--mathematics, Qa39.2 .g47 1998, 004/.01/51

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1961-

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Table of Contents

Preface
Page viii
Note to the Student
Page xi
Chapter 1. How to Speak Mathematics: Basic Vocabulary I
Page 2
1.1. Logic
Page 2
1.2. Proof Techniques
Page 12
1.3. Sets
Page 23
1.4. Combinatorics
Page 38
Chapter 2. How to Speak Mathematics: Basic Vocabulary II
Page 46
2.1. Relations
Page 46
2.2. Functions
Page 62
2.3. Graphs
Page 77
Chapter 3. Structures and Simulations
Page 102
3.1. Structures—Simulation I
Page 102
3.2. Morphisms—Simulation II
Page 114
Chapter 4. Boolean Algebra and Computer Logic
Page 128
4.1. Logic Networks
Page 128
4.2. Minimization
Page 149
Chapter 5. Algebraic Structures
Page 168
5.1. Semigroups, Monoids, Groups—Simulation I
Page 168
5.2. Substructures
Page 182
5.3. Morphisms—Simulation II
Page 190
5.4. Homomorphism Theorems
Page 201
5.5. Quotient Groups
Page 207
Chapter 6. Coding Theory
Page 220
6.1. Encoding
Page 220
6.2. Decoding
Page 235
Chapter 7. Finite-State Machines
Page 244
7.1. Machines—Simulation I
Page 244
7.2. Morphisms—Simulation II
Page 255
7.3. Machines as Recognizers
Page 267
Chapter 8. Machine Design and Construction
Page 284
8.1. Machine Minimization
Page 284
8.2. Building Machines
Page 296
8.3. Parallel and Serial Decompositions
Page 305
8.4. Cascade Decompositions
Page 319
Chapter 9. Computability
Page 330
9.1. Turing Machines—Simulation I
Page 330
9.2. The Universal Turing Machine—Simulation II; Unsolvability
Page 348
9.3. Computational Complexity
Page 357
Chapter 10. Formal Languages
Page 368
10.1. Classes of Languages
Page 368
10.2. Language Recognizers
Page 381
Answers to Selected Exercises
Page 394
Index
Page 419
Answers to Practice Problems
Page A-1

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographies and index.

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San Francisco

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
510
Library of Congress
QA39.2 .G47 1982

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Pagination
x, 426, 26 p. :
Number of pages
426

Edition Identifiers

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OL3483122M
ISBN 10
0716713055
LCCN
82002550
LibraryThing
239069
Goodreads
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OL1922611W

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