The Combinatory Programme (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)

Combinatory logic started as a programme in the foundation of mathematics and in an historical context at a time when such endeavours attracted the most gifted among the mathematicians. This small volume arose under quite differ ent circumstances, namely within the context of reworking the mathematical foundations of computer science. I have been very lucky in finding gifted students who agreed to work with me and chose, for their Ph. D. theses, subjects that arose from my own attempts 1 to create a coherent mathematical view of these foundations. The result of this collaborative work is presented here in the hope that it does justice to the individual contributor and that the reader has a chance of judging the work as a whole. E. Engeler ETH Zurich, April 1994 lCollected in Chapter III, An Algebraization of Algorithmics, in Algorithmic Properties of Structures, Selected Papers of Erwin Engeler, World Scientific PubJ. Co., Singapore, 1993, pp. 183-257. I Historical and Philosophical Background Erwin Engeler In the fall of 1928 a young American turned up at the Mathematical Institute of Gottingen, a mecca of mathematicians at the time; he was a young man with a dream and his name was H. B. Curry. He felt that he had the tools in hand with which to solve the problem of foundations of mathematics mice and for all. His was an approach that came to be called "formalist" and embodied that later became known as Combinatory Logic."

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Boston
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Progress in Theoretical Computer Science
Release date:	November 1994
First published:	1995
Authors:	Erwin Engeler
Assisted by:	K. Aberer • B. Amrhein • O. Gloor • M. V. Mohrenschildt • D. Otth • G. Schwarzler • T. Weibel
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	144
Edition:	1995 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-8176-3801-6
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > Mathematical logic Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Algebra > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8176-3801-6
Barcode:	9780817638016

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