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Kurt Goedel: Collected Works: Volume II - Publications 1938-1974 (Paperback, Revised): Kurt Goedel Kurt Goedel: Collected Works: Volume II - Publications 1938-1974 (Paperback, Revised)
Kurt Goedel; Edited by Solomon Feferman, John W. Dawson Jr, Stephen C. Kleene, Gregory H. Moore, …
R3,088 Discovery Miles 30 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Kurt Gödel was the most outstanding logician of the twentieth century, famous for his work on the completeness of logic, the incompleteness of number theory, and the consistency of the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis. He is also noted for his work on constructivity, the decision problem, and the foundations of computation theory, as well as for the strong individuality of his writings on the philosophy of mathematics. Less well-known is his discovery of unusual cosmological models for Einstein's equations, permitting "time-travel" into the past. This second volume of a comprehensive edition of Gödel's works collects together all his publications from 1938 to 1974. Together with Volume I (Publications 1929-1936), it makes available for the first time in a single source all of his previously published work. Continuing the format established in the earlier volume, the present text includes introductory notes that provide extensive explanatory and historical commentary on each of the papers, a facing English translation of the one German original, and a complete bibliography. Succeeding volumes are to contain unpublished manuscripts, lectures, correspondence, and extracts from the notebooks. Collected Works is designed to be accessible and useful to as wide an audience as possible without sacrificing scientific or historical accuracy. The only complete edition available in English, it will be an essential part of the working library of professionals and students in logic, mathematics, philosophy, history of science, and computer science. These volumes will also interest scientists and all others who wish to be acquainted with one of the great minds of the twentieth century.

Kurt Goedel: Collected Works - Volume I: Publications 1929-1936 (Paperback, Revised): Kurt Goedel Kurt Goedel: Collected Works - Volume I: Publications 1929-1936 (Paperback, Revised)
Kurt Goedel; Edited by S. Feferman, John W. Dawson Jr, Stephen C. Kleene, G Moore, …
R2,050 Discovery Miles 20 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The initial volume of a comprehensive edition of Gödel's works, this book makes available for the first time in a single source all his publications from 1929 to 1936. The volume begins with an informative overview of Gödel's life and work and features facing English translations for all German originals, extensive explanatory and historical notes, and a complete biography. Volume 2 will contain the remainder of Gödel's published work, and subsequent volumes will include unpublished manuscripts, lectures, correspondence and extracts from the notebooks.

Kurt Goedel: Collected Works: Volume III - Unpublished Essays and Lectures (Paperback, Revised): Kurt Goedel Kurt Goedel: Collected Works: Volume III - Unpublished Essays and Lectures (Paperback, Revised)
Kurt Goedel; Edited by S. Feferman, John W. Dawson Jr, Warren Goldfarb, Charles Parsons, …
R2,314 Discovery Miles 23 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was the most outstanding logician of the twentieth century, famous for his hallmark works on the completeness of logic, the incompleteness of number theory and stronger systems, and the consistency of the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis. He is also noted for his work on constructivity, the decision problem, the foundations of computation theory, unusual cosmological models, and for the strong individuality of his writings on the philosophy of mathematics. The Collected Works is a landmark resource that draws together a lifetime of creative accomplishment. The first two volumes were devoted to Gödel's publications in full (both in the original and translation). This third volume features a wide selection of unpublished articles and lecture texts found in Gödel's Nachlass, documents that enlarge considerably our appreciation of his scientific and philosophical thought and add a great deal to our understanding of his motivations. Continuing the format of the earlier volumes, the present volume includes introductory notes that provide extensive explanatory and historical commentary on each of the papers, English translations of material originally written in German (some transcribed from Gabelsberger shorthand), and a complete bibliography. A succeeding volume is to contain a comprehensive selection of Gödel's scientific correspondence and a complete inventory of his Nachlass. The books are designed to be accessible and useful to as wide an audience as possible without sacrificing scientific or historical accuracy. The only complete edition available in English, it will be an essential part of the working library of professionals and students in logic, mathematics, philosophy, history of science, and computer science.

Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces, Harmonic Maps and Integrable Systems (Paperback, 2001 ed.): R. Moser Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces, Harmonic Maps and Integrable Systems (Paperback, 2001 ed.)
R. Moser; Frederic Helein
R1,420 Discovery Miles 14 200 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

One of the most striking development of the last decades in the study of minimal surfaces, constant mean surfaces and harmonic maps is the discovery that many classical problems in differential geometry - including these examples - are actually integrable systems. This theory grew up mainly after the important discovery of the properties of the Korteweg-de Vries equation in the sixties. After C. Gardner, J. Greene, M. Kruskal et R. Miura 44] showed that this equation could be solved using the inverse scattering method and P. Lax 62] reinterpreted this method by his famous equation, many other deep observations have been made during the seventies, mainly by the Russian and the Japanese schools. In particular this theory was shown to be strongly connected with methods from algebraic geom etry (S. Novikov, V. B. Matveev, LM. Krichever. . . ), loop techniques (M. Adler, B. Kostant, W. W. Symes, M. J. Ablowitz . . . ) and Grassmannian manifolds in Hilbert spaces (M. Sato . . . ). Approximatively during the same period, the twist or theory of R. Penrose, built independentely, was applied successfully by R. Penrose and R. S. Ward for constructing self-dual Yang-Mills connections and four-dimensional self-dual manifolds using complex geometry methods. Then in the eighties it became clear that all these methods share the same roots and that other instances of integrable systems should exist, in particular in differential ge ometry. This led K."

Mathematical Logic: Part 1 - Propositional Calculus, Boolean Algebras, Predicate Calculus, Completeness Theorems (Paperback):... Mathematical Logic: Part 1 - Propositional Calculus, Boolean Algebras, Predicate Calculus, Completeness Theorems (Paperback)
Rene Cori, Daniel Lascar; Translated by Donald Pelletier
R2,444 Discovery Miles 24 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The requirement to reason logically forms the basis of all mathematics, and hence mathematical logic is one of the most fundamental topics that students will study. Assuming no prior knowledge of the topic, this book provides an accessible introduction for advanced undergraduate students.

Temporal Logic: Volume 2 (Hardcover): Dov M. Gabbay, M. Finger, M Reynolds Temporal Logic: Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Dov M. Gabbay, M. Finger, M Reynolds
R7,314 Discovery Miles 73 140 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the second volume in a series of well-respected works in temporal science and is by the same authors as the first. Volume one dealt primarily with basic concepts and methods, volume two discuses the more applicable aspects of temporal logics. The first four chapters continue the more theoretical presentations from volume one, covering automata, branching time and labelled deduction. The rest of the book is devoted to discussions of temporal databases, temporal execution and programming, actions and planning. With its inclusion of cutting-edge results and unifying methodologies, this book, and its companion are an indispensable reference for both the pure logician and the theoretical computer scientist.

Intermediate Logic (Paperback): David Bostock Intermediate Logic (Paperback)
David Bostock
R1,731 Discovery Miles 17 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Intermediate Logic is an ideal text for anyone who has taken a first course in logic and is progressing to further study. It examines logical theory, rather than the applications of logic, and does not assume any specific technical grounding. The author introduces and explains each concept and term, ensuring that readers have a firm foundation for study. He provides a broad, deep understanding of logic by adopting and comparing a variety of different methods and approaches. In the first section, Bostock covers such fundamental notions as truth, validity, entailment, qualification, and decision procedures. Part Two lays out a definitive introduction to four key logical tools or procedures: semantic tableaux, axiomatic proofs, natural deduction, and sequent calculi. The final section opens up new areas of existence and identity, concluding by moveing from orthodox logic to an examination of free logic'. Intermediate Logic provides an ideal secondary course in logic for university students, and a bridge to advanced study of such subjects as model theory, proof theory, and other specialized areas of mathematical logic. This book is intended for university students from second-year und

A Course of Modern Analysis (Paperback): E.T. Whittaker, G.N. Watson A Course of Modern Analysis (Paperback)
E.T. Whittaker, G.N. Watson
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A Course Of Modern Analysis - Second Edition - An Unabridged, Completely Revised Printing Of The First Edition, With Additions (Riemann Integration, Integral Equations, Riemann-Zeta Function) And Corrections, And Consistent With All Subsequent Editions, Save For The 23rd Chapter Dealing With Ellipsoidal Harmonics And Lame's Equation - This Edition Has Been Digitally Enlarged, To Include The Decimal System Of Paragraphing, With Appendix, List Of Quoted Authors, And Comprehensive General Index.

Super-Real Fields - Totally Ordered Fields with Additional Structure (Hardcover): H. Garth Dales, W. Hugh Woodin Super-Real Fields - Totally Ordered Fields with Additional Structure (Hardcover)
H. Garth Dales, W. Hugh Woodin
R2,713 Discovery Miles 27 130 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Super-real fields are a class of large totally ordered fields. These fields are larger than the real line. They arise from quotients of the algebra of continuous functions on a compact space by a prime ideal, and generalize the well-known class of ultrapowers, and indeed the continuous ultrapowers. These fields are of interest in their own right and have many surprising applications, both in analysis and logic. The authors introduce some exciting new fields, including a natural generalization of the real line R, and resolve a number of open problems. The book is intended to be accessible to analysts and logicians. After an exposition of the general theory of ordered fields and a careful proof of some classic theorems, including Kaplansky's embedding theorems , the authors establish important new results in Banach algebra theory, non-standard analysis, an model theory.

Conditionals: From Philosophy to Computer Science (Hardcover): G. Crocco, Luis Farinas del Cerro, A. Herzig Conditionals: From Philosophy to Computer Science (Hardcover)
G. Crocco, Luis Farinas del Cerro, A. Herzig
R2,190 Discovery Miles 21 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Understanding the role of deduction in human reasoning has been an important activity in philosophy, logic, and more recetnly artificial intelligence. The basic patter of this kind of reasoning can be represented by conditional expressions of the form `if...then.' There are various kinds of conditionals that fit into this pattern, such as counterfactual conditionals (`if it were the case that A then it would be the case that B'), causal conditionals (`if A then causally B'), action conditionals (`if A then B is obtained'), conditional obligations (`if A then B should be brought about'), generic conditionals (`if A then normally B')etc. The common pattern to all these constructions is their conditional form which connects the antecedetn to the consequent in such a way that the antecedent represents a condition (or a context) for the consequent. The general question arises: is it possible to give a formal logical account of these constructions? This question is considered in this volume by a group of internationally recognized pure and applied logicians and computer scientists. Their papers reflect all the current research in this subject, and should serve as a guide for future development.

Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes (Paperback, Revised): Colin McLarty Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes (Paperback, Revised)
Colin McLarty
R4,579 Discovery Miles 45 790 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book covers elementary aspects of category theory and topos theory. It assumes little mathematical background, using categorical methods throughout rather than beginning with set theoretical foundations. It gives a clear exposition of key concepts and gives complete elementary proofs of theorems, including the fundamental theorem of toposes and the sheafification theorem. It ends with topos theoretic descriptions of sets, of basic differential geometry, and of recursive analysis. This book will be essential reading for third year undergraduates and graduates studying logics and category theory as part of a course on mathematics, computer science, or philosophy.

Multidimensional Programming (Hardcover, New): E.A. Ashcroft, A. A. Faustini, R. Jaggannathan, W. W. Wadge Multidimensional Programming (Hardcover, New)
E.A. Ashcroft, A. A. Faustini, R. Jaggannathan, W. W. Wadge
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book describes a powerful language for multidimensional declarative programming called Lucid. Lucid has evolved considerably in the past ten years. The main catalyst for this metamorphosis was the discovery that Lucid is based on intensional logic, one commonly used in studying natural languages. Intensionality, and more specifically indexicality, has enabled Lucid to implicitly express multidimensional objects that change, a fundamental capability with several consequences which are explored in this book. The author covers a broad range of topics, from foundations to applications, and from implementations to implications. The role of intensional logic in Lucid as well as its consequences for programming in general is discussed. The syntax and mathematical semantics of the language are given and its ability to be used as a formal system for transformation and verification is presented. The use of Lucid in both multidimensional applications programming and software systems construction (such as a parallel programming system and a visual programming system) is described. A novel model of multidimensional computation--education--is described along with its serendipitous practical benefits for harnessing parallelism and tolerating faults. As the only volume that reflects the advances over the past decade, this work will be of great interest to researchers and advanced students involved with declarative language systems and programming.

Substructural Logics (Hardcover): Kosta Dosen, Peter Schroder-Heister Substructural Logics (Hardcover)
Kosta Dosen, Peter Schroder-Heister
R3,811 Discovery Miles 38 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The new area of logic and computation is now undergoing rapid development. This has affected the social pattern of research in the area. A new topic may rise very quickly with a significant body of research around it. The community, however, cannot wait the traditional two years for a book to appear. This has given greater importance to thematic collections of papers, centred around a topic and addressing it from several points of view, usually as a result of a workshop, summer school, or just a scientific initiative. Such a collection may not be as coherent as a book by one or two authors yet it is more focused than a collection of key papers on a certain topic. It is best thought of as a thematic collection, a study in the area of logic and computation. The new series Studies in Logic and Computation is intended to provide a home for such thematic collections. Substructural logics are nonclassical logics, which arose in response to problems in foundations of mathematics and logic, theoretical computer science, mathematical linguistics, and category theory. They include intuitionistic logic, relevant logic, BCK logic, linear logic, and Lambek's calculus of syntactic categories. Substructural logics differ from classical logics, and from each other, in their presuppositions about Gentzen's structural rules, although their presuppositions about the deductive role of logical constants are invariant. Substructural logics have been a subject of study for logicians during the last sixty years. Specialists have often worked in isolation, however, largely unaware of the contributions of others. This book brings together new papers by some of the most eminent authorities in these varioustraditions to produce a unified view of substructural logics.

Construction. Festschrift for Gerhard Heinzmann (Paperback, New): Pierre Edouard Bour, Manuel Rebuschi, Laurent Rollet Construction. Festschrift for Gerhard Heinzmann (Paperback, New)
Pierre Edouard Bour, Manuel Rebuschi, Laurent Rollet
R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This Festschrift is published on the occasion of Gerhard Heinzmann's 60th birthday. Its title "Construction" refers to Heinzmann's philosophical options (intuitionism, dialogical pragmatism, constructivism), as well as to his exceptional involvement in the building of many scientific enterprises and new scientific institutions.Sixty authors contributed to the volume, and the gathered essays witness the various centers of interest and intellectual achievements of Heinzmann. They are organised in five sections: (1) Henri Poincare; (2) History and Philosophy of Mathematics; (3) History and Philosophy of Logic; (4) Pragmatism; and (5) Miscellaneous.

The Mathematical Analysis Of Logic - Being An Essay Towards A Calculus Of Deductive Reasoning (1847) (Paperback): George Boole The Mathematical Analysis Of Logic - Being An Essay Towards A Calculus Of Deductive Reasoning (1847) (Paperback)
George Boole
R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

George Boole (1815-1864) is renowned as the first logician to apply algebraic methods to logic successfully. His Mathematical Analysis of Logic, first published in 1847, was the ground-breaking work that laid the foundations for what is known today as Boolean algebra and the propositional calculus. Written in response to the altercation between Sr. William Hamilton and Augustus de Morgan over the quantification of the predicate within syllogistic theory, its remarkable innovations led other logicians, among them William Stanley Jevons, John Venn, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Ernst Schroder, to refine and develop Boole's system. In turn, their efforts were incorporated by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell into the monumental system of Principia Mathematica. In short, modern symbolic logic was founded in the pages of this book.

Two Applications of Logic to Mathematics (Hardcover): Gaisi Takeuti Two Applications of Logic to Mathematics (Hardcover)
Gaisi Takeuti
R2,441 Discovery Miles 24 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Using set theory in the first part of his book, and proof theory in the second, Gaisi Takeuti gives us two examples of how mathematical logic can be used to obtain results previously derived in less elegant fashion by other mathematical techniques, especially analysis. In Part One, he applies Scott- Solovay's Boolean-valued models of set theory to analysis by means of complete Boolean algebras of projections. In Part Two, he develops classical analysis including complex analysis in Peano's arithmetic, showing that any arithmetical theorem proved in analytic number theory is a theorem in Peano's arithmetic. In doing so, the author applies Gentzen's cut elimination theorem. Although the results of Part One may be regarded as straightforward consequences of the spectral theorem in function analysis, the use of Boolean- valued models makes explicit and precise analogies used by analysts to lift results from ordinary analysis to operators on a Hilbert space. Essentially expository in nature, Part Two yields a general method for showing that analytic proofs of theorems in number theory can be replaced by elementary proofs. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

New Studies in Deontic Logic - Norms, Actions, and the Foundations of Ethics (Hardcover, 1981 ed.): R. Hilpinen New Studies in Deontic Logic - Norms, Actions, and the Foundations of Ethics (Hardcover, 1981 ed.)
R. Hilpinen
R4,749 Discovery Miles 47 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The present volume is a sequel to Deontic Logic: Introductory and Systematic Readings (D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht 1971): its purpose is to offer a view of some of the main directions of research in contemporary deontic logic. Most of the articles included in Introductory and Systematic Readings represent what may be called the standard modal approach to deontic logic, in which de on tic logic is treated as a branch of modal logic, and the normative concepts of obligation, permission and prohibition are regarded as analogous to the "alethic" modalities necessity, possibility and impossibility. As Simo Knuuttila shows in his contribution to the present volume, this approach goes back to late medieval philosophy. Several 14th century philosophers observed the analogies between deontic and alethic modalities and discussed the deontic interpretations of various laws of modal logic. In contemporary deontic logic the modal approach was revived by G. H. von Wright's classic paper 'Deontic Logic' (1951). Certain analogies between deontic and alethic modalities are obvious and uncontroversial, but the standard approach has often been criticized on the ground that it exaggerates the analogies and tends to ignore those features of normative concepts which distinguish them from other modalities.

Reverse Mathematics - Proofs from the Inside Out (Paperback): John Stillwell Reverse Mathematics - Proofs from the Inside Out (Paperback)
John Stillwell
R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The first book surveying the history and ideas behind reverse mathematics Reverse mathematics is a new field that seeks to find the axioms needed to prove given theorems. In Reverse Mathematics, John Stillwell offers a historical and representative view, emphasizing basic analysis and giving a novel approach to logic. By using a minimum of mathematical logic in a well-motivated way, Reverse Mathematics will engage advanced undergraduates and all mathematicians interested in the foundations of mathematics.

Two Applications of Logic to Mathematics (Paperback): Gaisi Takeuti Two Applications of Logic to Mathematics (Paperback)
Gaisi Takeuti
R1,048 Discovery Miles 10 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Using set theory in the first part of his book, and proof theory in the second, Gaisi Takeuti gives us two examples of how mathematical logic can be used to obtain results previously derived in less elegant fashion by other mathematical techniques, especially analysis. In Part One, he applies Scott- Solovay's Boolean-valued models of set theory to analysis by means of complete Boolean algebras of projections. In Part Two, he develops classical analysis including complex analysis in Peano's arithmetic, showing that any arithmetical theorem proved in analytic number theory is a theorem in Peano's arithmetic. In doing so, the author applies Gentzen's cut elimination theorem. Although the results of Part One may be regarded as straightforward consequences of the spectral theorem in function analysis, the use of Boolean- valued models makes explicit and precise analogies used by analysts to lift results from ordinary analysis to operators on a Hilbert space. Essentially expository in nature, Part Two yields a general method for showing that analytic proofs of theorems in number theory can be replaced by elementary proofs. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic (Paperback, New issue of 1896 ed.): Lewis Carroll Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic (Paperback, New issue of 1896 ed.)
Lewis Carroll
R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Over 350 ingenious problems involving classical logic: logic is expressed in terms of symbols; syllogisms and the sorites are diagrammed; logic becomes a game played with two diagrams and a set of counters. Two books bound as one.

An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic - From If to Is (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Graham Priest An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic - From If to Is (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Graham Priest
R1,254 Discovery Miles 12 540 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This revised and considerably expanded 2nd edition brings together a wide range of topics, including modal, tense, conditional, intuitionist, many-valued, paraconsistent, relevant, and fuzzy logics. Part 1, on propositional logic, is the old Introduction, but contains much new material. Part 2 is entirely new, and covers quantification and identity for all the logics in Part 1. The material is unified by the underlying theme of world semantics. All of the topics are explained clearly using devices such as tableau proofs, and their relation to current philosophical issues and debates are discussed. Students with a basic understanding of classical logic will find this book an invaluable introduction to an area that has become of central importance in both logic and philosophy. It will also interest people working in mathematics and computer science who wish to know about the area.

Springer-Handbuch Der Mathematik II - Begrundet Von I.N. Bronstein Und K.A. Semendjaew Weitergefuhrt Von G. Grosche, V. Ziegler... Springer-Handbuch Der Mathematik II - Begrundet Von I.N. Bronstein Und K.A. Semendjaew Weitergefuhrt Von G. Grosche, V. Ziegler Und D. Ziegler Herausgegeben Von E. Zeidler (German, Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Eberhard Zeidler; Contributions by Eberhard Zeidler
R3,683 Discovery Miles 36 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Als mehrbandiges Nachschlagewerk ist das Springer-Handbuch der Mathematik in erster Linie fur wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken, akademische Institutionen und Firmen sowie interessierte Individualkunden in Forschung und Lehregedacht. Es erganzt das einbandige themenumfassende Springer-Taschenbuch der Mathematik (ehemaliger Titel Teubner-Taschenbuch der Mathematik), das sich in seiner begrenzten Stoffauswahl besonders an Studierende richtet.Teil II des Springer-Handbuchs enthalt neben den Kapiteln 2-4 des Springer-Taschenbuchs zusatzliches Material zu folgenden Gebieten: multilineare Algebra, hohere Zahlentheorie, projektive Geometrie, algebraische Geometrie und Geometrien der modernen Physik.

Mathematical Logic for Computer Science (Paperback, 3rd ed. 2012): Mordechai Ben-Ari Mathematical Logic for Computer Science (Paperback, 3rd ed. 2012)
Mordechai Ben-Ari
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mathematical Logic for Computer Science is a mathematics textbook with theorems and proofs, but the choice of topics has been guided by the needs of students of computer science. The method of semantic tableaux provides an elegant way to teach logic that is both theoretically sound and easy to understand. The uniform use of tableaux-based techniques facilitates learning advanced logical systems based on what the student has learned from elementary systems. The logical systems presented are: propositional logic, first-order logic, resolution and its application to logic programming, Hoare logic for the verification of sequential programs, and linear temporal logic for the verification of concurrent programs. The third edition has been entirely rewritten and includes new chapters on central topics of modern computer science: SAT solvers and model checking.

Computer Security Literacy - Staying Safe in a Digital World (Paperback, New): Douglas Jacobson, Joseph Idziorek Computer Security Literacy - Staying Safe in a Digital World (Paperback, New)
Douglas Jacobson, Joseph Idziorek
R1,682 Discovery Miles 16 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Computer users have a significant impact on the security of their computer and personal information as a result of the actions they perform (or do not perform). Helping the average user of computers, or more broadly information technology, make sound security decisions, Computer Security Literacy: Staying Safe in a Digital World focuses on practical security topics that users are likely to encounter on a regular basis.

Written for nontechnical readers, the book provides context to routine computing tasks so that readers better understand the function and impact of security in everyday life. The authors offer practical computer security knowledge on a range of topics, including social engineering, email, and online shopping, and present best practices pertaining to passwords, wireless networks, and suspicious emails. They also explain how security mechanisms, such as antivirus software and firewalls, protect against the threats of hackers and malware.

While information technology has become interwoven into almost every aspect of daily life, many computer users do not have practical computer security knowledge. This hands-on, in-depth guide helps anyone interested in information technology to better understand the practical aspects of computer security and successfully navigate the dangers of the digital world.

Taming the Unknown - A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century (Hardcover): Victor J. Katz, Karen... Taming the Unknown - A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Victor J. Katz, Karen Hunger Parshall
R1,761 Discovery Miles 17 610 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axiomatically defined constructs like groups, rings, and fields. "Taming the Unknown" considers how these two seemingly different types of algebra evolved and how they relate. Victor Katz and Karen Parshall explore the history of algebra, from its roots in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, China, and India, through its development in the medieval Islamic world and medieval and early modern Europe, to its modern form in the early twentieth century.

Defining algebra originally as a collection of techniques for determining unknowns, the authors trace the development of these techniques from geometric beginnings in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and classical Greece. They show how similar problems were tackled in Alexandrian Greece, in China, and in India, then look at how medieval Islamic scholars shifted to an algorithmic stage, which was further developed by medieval and early modern European mathematicians. With the introduction of a flexible and operative symbolism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, algebra entered into a dynamic period characterized by the analytic geometry that could evaluate curves represented by equations in two variables, thereby solving problems in the physics of motion. This new symbolism freed mathematicians to study equations of degrees higher than two and three, ultimately leading to the present abstract era.

"Taming the Unknown" follows algebra's remarkable growth through different epochs around the globe.

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