The Unknowable (Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science) - Hardcover
Synopsis
This essential companion to Chaitins highly successful The Limits of Mathematics, gives a brilliant historical survey of important work on the foundations of mathematics. The Unknowable is a very readable introduction to Chaitins ideas, and includes software (on the authors website) that will enable users to interact with the authors proofs. "Chaitins new book, The Unknowable, is a welcome addition to his oeuvre. In it he manages to bring his amazingly seminal insights to the attention of a much larger audience His work has deserved such treatment for a long time." JOHN ALLEN PAULOS, AUTHOR OF ONCE UPON A NUMBER
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If you liked this book, you might also enjoy my new book Conversations with a Mathematician: Math, Art, Science and the Limits of Reason, which is a collection of my most wide-ranging and non-technical lectures and interviews.
Synopsis
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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- PublisherSpringer
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 9814021725
- ISBN 13 9789814021722
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages133
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