Foundations of Logic and Mathematics Applications to Computer Science and Cryptography

This modem introduction to the foundations of logic, mathematics, and computer science answers frequent questions that mysteriously remain mostly unanswered in other texts: • Why is the truth table for the logical implication so unintuitive? • Why are there no recipes to design proofs? • Where do th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nievergelt, Yves
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Birkhäuser Boston 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Theory
  • 0 Boolean Algebraic Logic
  • 1 Logic and Deductive Reasoning
  • 2 Set Theory
  • 3 Induction, Recursion, Arithmetic, Cardinality
  • 4 Decidability and Completeness
  • B Applications
  • 5 Number Theory and Codes
  • 6 Ciphers, Combinatorics, and Probabilities
  • 7 Graph Theory