I000 Induction and Recursion

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Krčál (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Žídková (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Brázdil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Přemysl Kala (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 9:00–10:50 D1, Mon 9:00–10:50 D2, Fri 14:00–15:50 D1, Fri 14:00–15:50 D2
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Introduction into the mathematical constructions relevant to study of programs as mathematical objects: induction and recursion in non-trivial domains, connection between the formal language and its semantics, operational semantics of recursive programs, universal machine and the Halting Problem.
  • Basic notions: functions, graphs, equivalence relation, trees.
  • Induction and its applications: defining sets and functions using induction.
  • Data types, lists, and implementation of general data types using lists.
  • Languages over data types and their semantics: terms, conditionals, functions; semantics of call-by-value and call-by-name.
  • Programming using induction, proving recursive programs correct.
  • Universal machine for the language of recursive programs, undecidability of the Halting Problem.
Literature
  • WAND, Mitchell. Induction, recursion, and programming. New York: North Holland, 1980, 202 s. ISBN 0444003223. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1995, Autumn 1996, Autumn 1997, Autumn 1998, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000.
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