Theory of recursive functions and effective computabilityHartley Rogers
Theory of recursive functions and effective computability
by Hartley Rogers · first published 1957
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"Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability" by Hartley Rogers is excellent.
on “Ask HN: good math books” ↗…would someone choose to implement the lambda calculus on bare-metal? You call it "fetishism," I call it fun! More generally, I just really like the idea of having a machine with a user-writable ISA. [1] Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2738948M/Theory_of_recursive... [2] Introduction to Lambda Calculus: https://www.cse.chalmers.se/research/group/logic/TypesSS05/E...
on “Turing Oversold?” ↗Rogers "Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability", page 1, emphasis is the author's: § 1.1 The informal notion of algorithm In this chapter we give a formal (i.e., mathematically exact) characterization of recursive function. The concept is basic…
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