Mathematics and Computation
by Avi Wigderson
Publisher: Princeton University Press 2019
ISBN-13: 9780691189130
Number of pages: 340
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Mathematics and Computation provides a broad, conceptual overview of computational complexity theory -- the mathematical study of efficient computation. It is useful for undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics, computer science, and related fields, as well as researchers and teachers in these fields.
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