Computability and Logic
, by George S. Boolos , John P. Burgess , Richard C. Jeffrey- ISBN: 9780521701464 | 0521701465
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/17/2007
Computability and Logic has become a classic because of its accessibility to students without a mathematical background and because it covers not simply the staple topics of an intermediate logic course, such as Godel's incompleteness theorems, but also a large number of optional topics, from Turing's theory of computability to Ramsey's theorem. This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised by John Burgess. Including a selection of exercises, adjusted for this edition, at the end of each chapter, it offers a new and simpler treatment of the representability of recursive functions, a traditional stumbling block for students on the way to the Godel incompleteness theorems. This new edition is also accompanied by a website as well as an instructor's manual.