Format:
Online-Ressource (VIII, 152 S.)
ISBN:
9781139026581
Series Statement:
Cambridge Books Online
Content:
Computation is revolutionizing our world, even the inner world of the 'pure' mathematician. Mathematical methods - especially the notion of proof - that have their roots in classical antiquity have seen a radical transformation since the 1970s, as successive advances have challenged the priority of reason over computation. Like many revolutions, this one comes from within. Computation, calculation, algorithms - all have played an important role in mathematical progress from the beginning - but behind the scenes, their contribution was obscured in the enduring mathematical literature. To understand the future of mathematics, this fascinating book returns to its past, tracing the hidden history that follows the thread of computation. Along the way it invites us to reconsider the dialog between mathematics and the natural sciences, as well as the relationship between mathematics and computer science. It also sheds new light on philosophical concepts, such as the notions of analytic and synthetic judgment. Finally, it brings us to the brink of the new age, in which machine intelligence offers new ways of solving mathematical problems previously inaccessible. This book is the 2007 winner of the Grand Prix de Philosophie de l'Académie Française
Note:
First published as Les M´etamorphoses du calcul 2007
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521118019
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521133777
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521133777
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dowek, Gilles, 1966 - Computation, proof, machine New York, NY : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2015 ISBN 9780521133777
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521118019
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521133777
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe : Dowek, Gilles: Computation, proof, machine
Language:
English
Subjects:
Computer Science
Keywords:
Mathematik
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Automatisches Beweisverfahren
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Algorithmus
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Geschichte 1900-2000
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139026581
