The Unknowable (Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science)
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Language: English
Published by Springer, 1999
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First Edition. Octavo. vii, 122 pp. Quarter black cloth and black paper boards lettered in gilt at spine. Faint wear to board edges and spine-ends, no internal markings. Pictorial jacket. Minor tear to jacket near crown of spine, light rubbing and edge-wear. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. In mylar sleeve.
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- Title
- The Unknowable (Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science)
- Author
- Chaitin, Gregory J.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9814021725
- ISBN 13
- 9789814021722
- Edition
- 1st Edition
This essential companion volume to Chaitin's highly successful "The Limits of Mathematics", also published by Springer, gives a brilliant historical survey of the work of this century on the foundations of mathematics, in which the author was a major participant. The Unknowable is a very readable and concrete introduction to Chaitin's ideas, and it includes a detailed explanation of the programming language used by Chaitin in both volumes. It will enable computer users to interact with the author's proofs and discover for themselves how they work. The software for The Unknowable can be downloaded from the author's Web site.
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