
Rudiments of Calculus: Volume 146
North-Holland (Publisher)
Published on 7. February 2001
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-0-444-50620-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents what in our opinion constitutes the basis of the theory of the mu-calculus, considered as an algebraic system rather than a logic. We have wished to present the subject in a unified way, and in a form as general as possible. Therefore, our emphasis is on the generality of the fixed-point notation, and on the connections between mu-calculus, games, and automata, which we also explain in an algebraic way.
This book should be accessible for graduate or advanced undergraduate students both in mathematics and computer science. We have designed this book especially for researchers and students interested in logic in computer science, comuter aided verification, and general aspects of automata theory. We have aimed at gathering in a single place the fundamental results of the theory, that are currently very scattered in the literature, and often hardly accessible for interested readers.
The presentation is self-contained, except for the proof of the Mc-Naughton's Determinization Theorem (see, e.g., [97]. However, we suppose that the reader is already familiar with some basic automata theory and universal algebra. The references, credits, and suggestions for further reading are given at the end of each chapter.
This book should be accessible for graduate or advanced undergraduate students both in mathematics and computer science. We have designed this book especially for researchers and students interested in logic in computer science, comuter aided verification, and general aspects of automata theory. We have aimed at gathering in a single place the fundamental results of the theory, that are currently very scattered in the literature, and often hardly accessible for interested readers.
The presentation is self-contained, except for the proof of the Mc-Naughton's Determinization Theorem (see, e.g., [97]. However, we suppose that the reader is already familiar with some basic automata theory and universal algebra. The references, credits, and suggestions for further reading are given at the end of each chapter.
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"....the book is a solid, conceptually and mathematically profound, modern treatment of the subject, worth reading for an audience ranging from graduate students to working mathematicians and computer scientist" --Zentralblatt f. MathematikMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
575 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-444-50620-7 (9780444506207)
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Editor
c/o LaBRI Universite Bordeaux I 351, cours de la Liberation, 33405 Talence, France
Institute of Informatics, University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 2, 02-097 Warsaw
Content
1.Complete lattices and fixed-point theorems
2. The mu-calculi: Syntax and semantics
3.The Boolean mu-calculus
4.Parity Games
5.The mu-calculus on words
6.The mucalculus over powerset algebras
7.The mu-calculus versus automata
8.Hierachy problems
9.Distributivity and normal form results
10.Decision problems
11.Algorithms
2. The mu-calculi: Syntax and semantics
3.The Boolean mu-calculus
4.Parity Games
5.The mu-calculus on words
6.The mucalculus over powerset algebras
7.The mu-calculus versus automata
8.Hierachy problems
9.Distributivity and normal form results
10.Decision problems
11.Algorithms