Higher-Order Computability

by John Longley and Dag Normann

Book Overview

This book offers a self-contained exposition of the theory of computability in a higher-order context, where 'computable operations' may themselves be passed as arguments to other computable operations. The subject originated in the 1950s with the work of Kleene, Kreisel and others, and has since expanded in many different directions under the influence of workers from both mathematical logic and computer science. The ideas of higher-order computability...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662479915
• ISBN13: 9783662479919
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 571 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"