The Theory of Relational Databases
by David Maier
Publisher: Computer Science Press 1983
ISBN/ASIN: 0914894420
ISBN-13: 9780914894421
Number of pages: 656
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The book is intended for a second course in databases, but is an excellent reference for researchers in the field. The material covered includes relational algebra, functional dependencies, multivalued and join dependencies, normal forms, tableaux and the chase computation, representation theory, domain and tuple relational calculus, query modification, database semantics and null values, acyclic database schemes, template dependencies, and computed relations.
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