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The nature of computation / Cristopher Moore, Stephan Mertens.

Author/creator Moore, Cristopher
Other author/creatorMertens, Stephan.
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxvii, 985 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Physics
Subject(s)
Portion of title Computation
Contents Prologue -- The basics -- Insights and algorithms -- Needles in a haystack : the class NP -- Who is the hardest one of all? : NP-completeness -- The deep question : P vs. NP -- The grand unified theory of computation -- Memory, paths, and games -- Optimization and approximation -- Randomized algorithms -- Interaction and pseudorandomness -- Random walks and rapid mixing -- Counting, sampling, and statistical physics -- When formulas freeze : phase transitions in computation -- Quantum computation -- Mathematical tools.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 945-973) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011288098
ISBN9780199233212 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0199233217 (acid-free paper)

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