Aspects of Complexity: Minicourses in Algorithmics, Complexity and Computational Algebra. Mathematics Workshop, Kaikoura, January 7-15, 2000 (De Gruyter Series in Logic and Its Applications, 4)

ISBN 10: 3110168103 / ISBN 13: 9783110168105

Published by Walter de Gruyter, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aspects of Complexity: Minicourses in Algorithmics, Complexity and Computational Algebra. Mathematics Workshop, Kaikoura, January 7-15, 2000 (De Gruyter Series in Logic and Its Applications, 4)
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110168103
• ISBN 13: 9783110168105
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The book contains 8 detailed expositions of the lectures given at the Kaikoura 2000 Workshop on Computability, Complexity, and Computational Algebra.

Topics covered include basic models and questions of complexity theory, the Blum-Shub-Smale model of computation, probability theory applied to algorithmics (randomized alogrithms), parametric complexity, Kolmogorov complexity of finite strings, computational group theory, counting problems, and canonical models of ZFC providing a solution to continuum hypothesis.

The text addresses students in computer science or mathematics, and professionals in these areas who seek a complete, but gentle introduction to a wide range of techniques, concepts, and research horizons in the area of computational complexity in a broad sense.

About the Author

Professor Rod Downey, School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.

Professor Denis Hirschfeldt, School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.