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Computability Theory

master program

VU3  SS 2022  703317


Content

The course will introduce and relate different models of computation:

Schedule

week date topics slides exercises solutions
1 07.03 primitive recursion, Gödel numbering
2 14.03 Ackermann function, recursive functions, LOOP programs
3 21.03 elementary functions, Grzegorczyk hierarchy, WHILE programs
4 28.03 partial recursive functions, Kleene's normal form theorem
5 04.04 s-m-n theorem, fixed point theorem, r.e. sets, diophantine sets
6 25.04 combinatory logic, Church numerals
7 02.05 combinatorial completeness, Church – Rosser theorem
8 09.05 Z property, CL representability
9 16.05 normalization theorem, arithmetization
10 23.05 fixed point theorem, types, strong normalization
11 30.05 typing, intuitionistic propositional logic, Curry – Howard isomorphism
12 13.06 diophantine sets, intuitionistic propositional logic
13 20.06 test practice
14 29.06 test

Literature

Slides as well as solutions to selected exercises will be made available online. Accompanying literature will be linked from the course website.