Martin, John C.

Introduction to Languages and the Theory of Computation - 3rd ed - New Delhi : McGraw-Hill, ©2003. - xiii, 543 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Part.1 Mathematical Notation and Techniques -- Part.2 Regular Languages and Finite Automata -- Part.3 Context-Free Languages and Pushdown Automata -- Part.4 Turing Machines and Their Languages -- Part.5 Unsolvable Problems and Computable Functions -- Part.6 Introduction to Computational Complexity --

Providing an introduction to the theory of computation, this work emphasizes formal languages, automata and abstract models of computation, and computability. It includes an introduction to computational complexity and NP-completeness. It also introduces the necessary mathematical tools in the context in which they are used.

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Computable functions
Sequential machine theory

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