Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Topics of Logic and Complexity

Code

10835

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Matemática

Credits

6.0

Teacher in charge

Reinhard Josef Klaus Kahle

Weekly hours

1

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

In this course topics of Mathematical Logic and Computational Complexity are discussed. The goal is to bring the students to the edge of current research in the area.

Prerequisites

-

Subject matter

Proof Theory

lambda calculus

implicit computational complexity

Bibliography

Handbook of Mathematical Logic (J. Barwise, ed.), North-Holland, 1977.

W. Pohlers, Proof Theory: An Introduction, Springer, 2002.

H. Barendregt, lambda calculus, North-Holland, 1985.

N. Immerman, Descriptive Complexity, Springer, 1999.

Teaching method

Theorical/practical classes with oral presentations of the material and discussion/solution of problems.

Evaluation method

Continues evaluation or final exam.

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