From Linear Operators to Computational Biology Essays in Memory of Jacob T. Schwartz

In his rich and varied career as a mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, Jacob T. Schwartz wrote seminal works in analysis, mathematical economics, programming languages, algorithmics, and computational geometry. In this volume of essays, his friends, students, and collaborators at the Co...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Davis, Martin (Editor), Schonberg, Edmond (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Nature as Quantum Computer
  • Jack Schwartz Meets Karl Marx
  • SETL and the Evolution of Programming
  • Decision Procedure for Elementary Sublanguages of Set Theory XVII: Commonly Occurring Decidable Extensions of Multi-level Syllogistic
  • Jack Schwartz and Robotics: The Roaring Eighties
  • Mathematics’ Mortua Manus: Discovering Dexterity
  • The Ref Proof-checker and its “Common Shared Scenario”
  • Claw-free Graphs as Sets
  • Computational approaches to RNAi and Gene Silencing
  • The Last Ten Yards
  • Jacob T. Schwartz: Selected Bibliography
  • Index