An Early History of Recursive Functions and Computability: From Gödel to Turing
- ISBN-10
- 0983700400
- ISBN-13
- 9780983700401
- Category
- Computable functions
- Pages
- 297
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Docent Press
- Author
- Rod Adams
Description
Traces the development of recursive functions from their origins in the late nineteenth century to the mid-1930s, with particular emphasis on the work and influence of Kurt Gödel.
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