The Unknowable by Gregory J. Chaitin

The Unknowable
by Gregory J. Chaitin

Publisher: Springer 1999
ISBN/ASIN: 9814021725
ISBN-13: 9789814021722
Number of pages: 122

Description:
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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