Sipser, Michael.

Introduction to the theory of computation / Michael Sipser. - 2nd ed., international ed. - Boston : Thomson Course Technology, c2006. - xvii, 437 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Part 1: Automata and Languages. 1. Regular Languages. 2. Context-Free Languages. Part 2: Computability Theory. 3. The Church-Turing Thesis. 4. Decidability. 5. Reducibility. 6. Advanced Topics in Computability Theory. Part 3: Complexity Theory. 7. Time Complexity. 8. Space Complexity. 9. Intractability. 10. Advanced Topics in Complexity Theory. Selected Bibliography.

This market leading text on computational theory provides a mathematical treatment of computer science theory designed around theorems and proofs.

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Machine theory.
Computational complexity.

QA267 / .S56 2006