04-00-0167-vu Introduction to Computability Theory

Course offering details

Instructors: Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth

Event type: Lecture & Exercise

Org-unit: Dept. 04 - Mathematics

Displayed in timetable as: Einf. Berechbark.

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Hours per week: 3

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: - | -

Course Contents:
This course gives a brief introduction to classical recursion (computability)
theory culminating in the solution of Post’s problem by the priority method
(Friedberg/Muchnik). Table of contents: the basic machine, definition of
recursive functions, codes and indices, Kleene normal form theorem, Kleene
recursion theorem, Church’s thesis, relative recursion, arithmetical hierarchy,
recursively enumerable relations, Turing degrees, solution of Post’s problem,
computable functionals.

Small group(s)
This course is divided into the following small groups:
  • Introduction to Computability Theory 1

    Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth

    Fri, 17. Oct. 2014 [13:30]-Fri, 13. Feb. 2015 [15:10]

Literature
Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Wed, 15. Oct. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
2 Wed, 22. Oct. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
3 Wed, 29. Oct. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
4 Wed, 5. Nov. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
5 Wed, 12. Nov. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
6 Wed, 19. Nov. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
7 Wed, 26. Nov. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
8 Wed, 3. Dec. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
9 Wed, 10. Dec. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
10 Wed, 17. Dec. 2014 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
11 Wed, 14. Jan. 2015 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
12 Wed, 21. Jan. 2015 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
13 Wed, 28. Jan. 2015 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
14 Wed, 4. Feb. 2015 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
15 Wed, 11. Feb. 2015 08:00 09:40 S215/51 Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth
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Instructors
Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Seyfferth