Mechanics Syllabus Assignments Supplemental
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Supplemental Materials

The following texts are recommended as supplemental material.

Other texts on automata theory:

  • John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, and Jeffrey D. Ullman, Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, second edition, Adison Wesley, 2001.
  • John E. Hopcroft and Jeffrey D. Ullman, Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, 1979.

For the section on general recursion theory

  • Michael Machtey and Paul Young, An Introduction to the General Theory of Algorithms, North Holland, 1978.

For undecidability and logic

  • Herbert B. Enderton, A Mathematical Introduction to Logic, Academic Press, 1972.

For lambda calculus (optional advanced topic)

  • J. Roger Hindley and Jonathan P. Seldin, Introduction to Combinators and lambda-Calculus, Cambridge, 1986.
  • H. P. Barendregt, The Lambda Calculus Its Syntax and Semantics, Revised Edition, North Holland, 1984.

Lecture Notes:

Past Exams:

  • Fall 2004 mid-term (pdf).
  • Fall 2004 final (pdf).