Recursion Theory
by Frank Stephan
Publisher: National University of Singapore 2009
Number of pages: 125
Description:
Recursion theory deals with the fundamental concepts on what subsets of natural numbers (or other famous countable domains) could be defined effectively and how complex the so defined sets are. This text gives an overview on the basic results and proof methods in recursion theory.
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