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The Unknowable - Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science Gregory J. Chaitin 1999 edition
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The Unknowable - Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Gregory J. Chaitin
This essential companion to Chaitins highly successful The Limits of Mathematics, gives a brilliant historical survey of important work on the foundations of mathematics. The Unknowable is a very readable introduction to Chaitins ideas, and includes software (on the authors website) that will enable users to interact with the authors proofs.
124 pages, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 1, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9789814021722 |
| Publishers | Springer Verlag, Singapore |
| Pages | 124 |
| Dimensions | 167 × 245 × 19 mm · 362 g |
| Language | English French |
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