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Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime

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Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime

Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime by Vesselin Petkov
English | PDF (True) | 2009 | 320 Pages | ISBN : 3642019528 | 4.1 MB

This expanded second edition of Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime c- tains several major changes and a number of additions to different ch- ters. Two chapters (Chaps. 6 and 7), which discussed two speci?c groups of arguments against the reality of spacetime, have been transformed into - pendices (A and B). Two new chapters (Chaps. 6 and 10) have been added. Chapter 6, entitled Why Is the Issue of the Nature of Spacetime So Imp- tant?, elaborates on what was Sect. 5. 6 of the ?rst edition, and addresses some recent work on the nature of spacetime – for example, the growing (or evolving) block universe model of the world, which has recently been - vived by several physicists as what appears to be the last remaining alter- tive to the Minkowski absolute four-dimensional world (after it had become an undeniable fact that three-dimensionalism, or presentism, contradicts the relativistic experimental evidence). Chapter 10, entitled Spacetime and the Nature of Quantum Objects and based on what used to be Sects. 6. 2 and 6. 3 in the ?rst edition, explores the implications of the issue of the nature of spacetime for quantum physics, in order to see whether it can provide some insight into the nature of quantum objects. Two new sections have been included, namely, Sect. 5. 6 entitled Re- tivization of Existence and Observers in General Relativity and Sect. 7. 6 - titled Probing the Anisotropic Velocity of Light by a Terrestrial Experiment.

Progress in Applications of Boolean Functions

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Progress in Applications of Boolean Functions

Progress in Applications of Boolean Functions by Tsutomu Sasao
English | PDF | 153 Pages | ISBN : 160845181X | 1.3 Mb

This book brings together five topics on the application of Boolean functions. They are
1. Equivalence classes of Boolean functions: The number of n-variable functions is large, even for values as small as n = 6, and there has been much research on classifying functions. There are many classifications, each with their own distinct merit.

Dynamic Semantics (Repost)

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Dynamic Semantics (Repost)

Dynamic Semantics by Paul J.E. Dekker
English | PDF | 2012 | 128 Pages | ISBN : 940074868X | 1.2 MB

The integrated theory of dynamic interpretation set out here will be a surprise to advanced researchers in linguistics. It combines classical formal semantics and modern dynamic semantics without altering the fundamental paradigm. At the book’s core lies a pragmatically motivated notion of a dynamic conjunction of meanings, an idea that is worked out in full formal detail. This is applied to linguistic phenomena that involve anaphora, quantification and modality. The author demonstrates that in each area of application existing data can be neatly combined with new dynamic insights, but more importantly, there is a genuine further pay-off: the work generates treatments of phenomena that were not initially intended, with functional readings of pronouns and quantifiers, ‘Hob-Nob’ sentences, and insights into what we now call ‘Pierce’s Puzzle’.

Reversible Logic Synthesis: From Fundamentals to Quantum Computing

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Reversible Logic Synthesis: From Fundamentals to Quantum Computing

Reversible Logic Synthesis: From Fundamentals to Quantum Computing by Anas N. Al-Rabadi
English | PDF | 2004 | 448 Pages | ISBN : 3540009353 | 5 MB

This book presents for the first time comprehensive and systematic methods for the reversible synthesis of logic functions and multi-dimensional logic circuits. This methodology is able to solve major problems in system design today and in the future, namely the high rate of power consumption, and the emergence of quantum effects and properties for highly dense and nano-scale ICs. The challenge is to design nano-scale reliable systems that consume as little power as possible and in which the signals are processed and transmitted at very high speeds with very high signal integrity. Researchers in academia or industry and graduate students, who work in logic synthesis, computer design, computer-aided design tools, and low power VLSI circuit design, will be interested in this book.

David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Arithmetic and Logic 1917-1933

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David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Arithmetic and Logic 1917-1933

David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Arithmetic and Logic 1917-1933 by William Ewald
English/Deutsch | PDF | 2013 | 1082 Pages | ISBN : 3540205780 | 8.2 MB

The core of Volume 3 consists of lecture notes for seven sets of lectures Hilbert gave (often in collaboration with Bernays) on the foundations of mathematics between 1917 and 1926. These texts make possible for the first time a detailed reconstruction of the rapid development of Hilbert’s foundational thought during this period, and show the increasing dominance of the metamathematical perspective in his logical work: the emergence of modern mathematical logic; the explicit raising of questions of completeness, consistency and decidability for logical systems; the investigation of the relative strengths of various logical calculi; the birth and evolution of proof theory, and the parallel emergence of Hilbert’s finitist standpoint.

Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery

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Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery

Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery by Jaakko Hintikka
English | PDF | 1999 | 298 Pages | ISBN : 079235477X | 32 MB

Is a genuine logic of scientific discovery possible? In the essays collected here, Hintikka not only defends an affirmative answer; he also outlines such a logic. It is the logic of questions and answers. Thus inquiry in the sense of knowledge-seeking becomes inquiry in the sense of interrogation. Using this new logic, Hintikka establishes a result that will undoubtedly be considered the fundamental theorem of all epistemology, viz., the virtual identity of optimal strategies of pure discovery with optimal deductive strategies. Questions to Nature, of course, must include observations and experiments. Hintikka shows, in fact, how the logic of experimental inquiry can be understood from the interrogative vantage point. Other important topics examined include induction (in a forgotten sense that has nevertheless played a role in science), explanation, the incommensurability of theories, theory-ladenness of observations, and identifiability.

New Waves in Philosophical Logic

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New Waves in Philosophical Logic

New Waves in Philosophical Logic by Greg Restall
English | PDF | 2012 | 254 Pages | ISBN : 0230251730 | 3.5 MB

Philosophical logic has been, and continues to be, a driving force behind much progress and development in philosophy more broadly. This collection by up-and-coming philosophical logicians deals with a broad range of topics, including, for example, proof-theory, probability, context-sensitivity, dialetheism and dynamic semantics.

Handbook of Philosophical Logic

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Handbook of Philosophical Logic

Handbook of Philosophical Logic by Dov M. Gabbay
English | PDF | 2002 | 418 Pages | ISBN : 1402005830 | 38.3 MB

such questions for centuries (unrestricted by the capabilities of any hard­ ware). The principles governing the interaction of several processes, for example, are abstract an similar to principles governing the cooperation of two large organisation. A detailed rule based effective but rigid bureaucracy is very much similar to a complex computer program handling and manipulating data. My guess is that the principles underlying one are very much the same as those underlying the other. I believe the day is not far away in the future when the computer scientist will wake up one morning with the realisation that he is actually a kind of formal philosopher!

Heidegger: The Critique of Logic

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Heidegger: The Critique of Logic

Heidegger: The Critique of Logic by Thomas A. Fay
English | PDF | 1977 | 144 Pages | ISBN : 9024719313 | 13.4 MB

Since his inaugural lecture at Freiburg in 1929 in which Heidegger delivered his most celebrated salvo against logic, he has frequently been portrayed as an anti-logician, a classic example of the obscurity resultant upon a rejection of the discipline of logic, a champion of the irrational, and a variety of similar things.

Computational Logic: Logic Programming and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Robert A. Kowalski, Part I

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Computational Logic: Logic Programming and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Robert A. Kowalski, Part I

Computational Logic: Logic Programming and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Robert A. Kowalski, Part I by Antonis C. Kakas
English | PDF | 2002 | 688 Pages | ISBN : 3540439595 | 7.5 MB

Alan Robinson This set of essays pays tribute to Bob Kowalski on his 60th birthday, an anniversary which gives his friends and colleagues an excuse to celebrate his career as an original thinker, a charismatic communicator, and a forceful intellectual leader. The logic programming community hereby and herein conveys its respect and thanks to him for his pivotal role in creating and fostering the conceptual paradigm which is its raison d’Œtre. The diversity of interests covered here reflects the variety of Bob’s concerns. Read on. It is an intellectual feast. Before you begin, permit me to send him a brief personal, but public, message: Bob, how right you were, and how wrong I was.

Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics

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Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics

Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics by William Briggs
English | PDF(True) | 2016 | 274 Pages | ISBN : 3319397559 | 3.2 MB

This book presents a philosophical approach to probability and probabilistic thinking, considering the underpinnings of probabilistic reasoning and modeling, which effectively underlie everything in data science. The ultimate goal is to call into question many standard tenets and lay the philosophical and probabilistic groundwork and infrastructure for statistical modeling. It is the first book devoted to the philosophy of data aimed at working scientists and calls for a new consideration in the practice of probability and statistics to eliminate what has been referred to as the "Cult of Statistical Significance".

Graph Transformation

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Graph Transformation

Graph Transformation: 14th International Conference, ICGT 2021, Held as Part of STAF 2021, Virtual Event, June 24–25, 2021, Proceedings by Fabio Gadducci
English | PDF | 2021 | 311 Pages | ISBN : 3030789454 | 9.8 MB

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Graph Transformation, ICGT 2021, which took place virtually during June 24-25, 2021.
The 14 full papers and 2 tool papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They deal with the following topics: theoretical advances; application domains; and tool presentations.

The Temporal Logic of Reactive and Concurrent Systems: Specification

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The Temporal Logic of Reactive and Concurrent Systems: Specification

The Temporal Logic of Reactive and Concurrent Systems: Specification by Zohar Manna
English | PDF | 1992 | 432 Pages | ISBN : 0387976647 | 33.4 MB

Reactive systems are computing systems which are interactive, such as real-time systems, operating systems, concurrent systems, control systems, etc. They are among the most difficult computing systems to program. Temporal logic is a formal tool/language which yields excellent results in specifying reactive systems. This volume, the first of two, subtitled Specification, has a self-contained introduction to temporal logic and, more important, an introduction to the computational model for reactive programs, developed by Zohar Manna and Amir Pnueli of Stanford University and the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, respectively.

The Logic of Partial Information

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The Logic of Partial Information

The Logic of Partial Information by Areski Nait Abdallah
English | PDF | 1995 | 739 Pages | ISBN : 3540565833 | 19.9 MB

One must be able to say at all times - in­ stead of points, straight lines, and planes - tables, chairs and beer mugs. (David Hilbert) One service mathematics has rendered the human race. It has put common sense back where it belongs, on the topmost shelf next to the dusty canister labelled "discarded nonsense.

Knowledge Processing with Interval and Soft Computing (Repost)

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Knowledge Processing with Interval and Soft Computing (Repost)

Knowledge Processing with Interval and Soft Computing by Vladik Kreinovich
English | PDF | 2008 | 241 Pages | ISBN : 1848003250 | 3.3 MB

Massive datasets, made available today by modern technologies, present a significant challenge to scientists who need to effectively and efficiently extract relevant knowledge and information.