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In this book, which was originally published in 1985, Arto Salomaa gives an introduction to certain mathematical topics central to theoretical computer science: computability and recursive functions, formal languages and automata, computational complexity and cryptography. Without sacrificing readability, the presentation is essentially self-contained, with detailed proofs of all statements provided. Professor Salomaa is well known for his books in this area. The present work provides an show more insight into the basics, together with explanations of some of the more important developments in the field. show less

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Computation and Automata

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511Natural sciences & mathematicsMathematicsGeneral principles of mathematics
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