An introduction to recursion theory, gives a detailed introduction to the subject of recursion theory and will be used in the beginning of the course. Computability and complexity theory texts in computer science hardcover by steven homer author, alan l. It underlies most modern theories of decisionmaking. In computational complexity theory, pspace is the set of all decision problems that can be solved by a turing machine using a polynomial amount of space. The book of herbert enderton, computability theory. Up to now regarding the book we have computational complexity. Ab s arora and b barak complexity theory a modern approach cambridge university. Michael sipser author of introduction to the theory of computation computational complexity theory is at the core of theoretical computer science research. Sequential model, need of alternative model, parallel computational models such as. It is intended as a text for an advanced undergraduate course or introductory graduate course, or as a reference for researchers and students in computer. While the course will not closely follow any textbook, we will sometimes use complexity theory. Sanjeev arora and boaz barak princeton university email protected not to be reproduced or distributed without the authors permission this is an internet draft.
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