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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Food for Thought Seminar

Sam Buss

UCSD

Large Numbers, Busy Beavers, Noncomputability, and Incompleteness

Abstract:

This talk surveys fundamental concepts in computability theory, including undecidability (noncomputability) and the G\"odel incompleteness theorems. The motivation and proof sketches are based on the Berry paradox."

November 1, 2007

11:00 AM

AP&M B412

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