Languages and Machines
by C. D. H. Cooper
Publisher: Macquarie University 2008
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This is a text on discrete mathematics that discusses the mathematics behind computing science. It includes chapters on logic, set theory and strings and languages. There are some chapters on finite-state machines, some chapters on Turing machines and computability, and a couple of chapters on codes.
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