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About this book
This essential companion volume to Chaitin's highly successful "The Limits of Mathematics", also published by Springer, gives a brilliant historical survey of the work of this century on the foundations of mathematics, in which the author was a major participant. The Unknowable is a very readable and concrete introduction to Chaitin's ideas, and it includes a detailed explanation of the programming language used by Chaitin in both volumes. It will enable computer users to interact with the author's proofs and discover for themselves how they work. The software for The Unknowable can be downloaded from the author's Web site.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Unknowable
Authors: Gregory J. Chaitin
Series Title: Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Singapore 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-4021-72-2Published: 01 July 1999
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 124