The papers included in this volume were presented at the Conference on Mathematics of Program Construction held from June 26 to 30, 1989. The conference was organized by the Department of Computing Science, Groningen University, The Netherlands, at the occasion of the University's 375th anniversary. The creative inspiration of the modern computer has led to the development of new mathematics, the mathematics of program construction. Initially concerned with the posterior verification of computer programs, the mathematics have now matured to the point where they are actively being used for the discovery of elegant solutions to new programming problems. Initially concerned specifically with imperative programming, the application of mathematical methodologies is now established as an essential part of all programming paradigms - functional, logic and object-oriented programming, modularity and type structure etc. Initially concerned with software only, the mathematics are also finding fruit in hardware design so that the traditional boundaries between the two disciplines have become blurred. The varieties of mathematics of program construction are wide-ranging. They include calculi for the specification of sequential and concurrent programs, program transformation and analysis methodologies, and formal inference systems for the construction and analysis of programs. The mathematics of specification, implementation and analysis have become indispensable tools for practical programming.

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Book Title: Mathematics of Program Construction
Book Subtitle: 375th Anniversary of the Groningen University. International Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, June 26-30, 1989 Proceedings
Editors: J. L. A. Snepscheut
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51305-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-51305-6Published: 07 June 1989
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-46191-3Published: 30 June 2005
Series ISSN: 0302-9743
Series E-ISSN: 1611-3349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 428
Topics: Programming Techniques, Software Engineering, Logics and Meanings of Programs, Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages, Algorithms, Processor Architectures

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