The nature of computation
Moore, CristopherAuthor
Mertens, StephanContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011
The boundary between physics and computer science has become a hotbed of interdisciplinary collaboration. In this book the authors introduce the reader to the fundamental concepts of computational complexity and give in-depth explorations of the major interfaces between computer science and physics.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The boundary between physics and computer science has become a hotbed of interdisciplinary collaboration. In this book the authors introduce the reader to the fundamental concepts of computational complexity and give in-depth explorations of the major interfaces between computer science and physics.
Description based on print version record.
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.
Computational complexity
Mathematics
Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Algebra