Selected Product:
| Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition
Hardcover
Edition: 2
Author: Michael Sipser
Publisher: Course Technology
Release Date: 2005-02-15
ISBN-10: 0534950973
ISBN-13: 9780534950972
List Price: $140.95
Average Customer Rating:
  | |
Introduction to Algorithms
ISBN-10: 0262032937
ISBN-13: 9780262032933
List Price:$85.00
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)
ISBN-10: 0137903952
ISBN-13: 9780137903955
List Price:$120.00
Operating System Concepts (7th Edition)
ISBN-10: 0471694665
ISBN-13: 9780471694663
List Price:$103.16
Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (3rd Edition)
ISBN-10: 0321462254
ISBN-13: 9780321462251
List Price:$123.00
Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness (Series of Books in the Mathematical Sciences)
ISBN-10: 0716710455
ISBN-13: 9780716710455
List Price:$57.37
|
To use our price comparison to get the cheapest price, please click on the "Find the Cheapest Price" button located above for Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition by Michael Sipser (ISBN-10: 0534950973, ISBN-13: 9780534950972).
At this time we have not yet written a review for Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition by Michael Sipser (ISBN-10: 0534950973, ISBN-13: 9780534950972). Please continue to keep checking back to this page as we are constantly adding reviews.
Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com
This highly anticipated revision builds upon the strengths of the previous edition. Sipser's candid, crystal-clear style allows students at every level to understand and enjoy this field. His innovative "proof idea" sections explain profound concepts in plain English. The new edition incorporates many improvements students and professors have suggested over the years, and offers updated, classroom-tested problem sets at the end of each chapter.
Running out of superlatives to describe this book
| Customer Rating: | | This book has unbelievably clear explanations. Actually it is so good that it makes the lecturer superfluous. For years I felt I did not really understand the proof of the Cook Levin theorem. Sure, I had Garey and Johnson, and I more or less could follow the proof, but I wouldn't have been able to reproduce it on my own. With this book, it has become crystal clear, and now I would be able to explain it in front of any audience without any preparation. If you're taking a computation course and this is not your assigned textbook, go buy it now! |
Excellent presentation of the material
| Customer Rating: | I would recommend this book to anyone looking to learn the basics of computation theory and formal languages or for someone looking to revisit this material after an absence.
The book is very readable and covers the basics in a systematic fashion. I haven't looked at this material since my university days, but found it very easy to read and digest. |
A very nice book for undergraduates and graduates to understand computation theory.
| Customer Rating:  | I had read a few other books on automata, but I was not able to get clear notion about pumping lemmas, decidability and so on. However, when I read the 1st edition of this book, finally, I got those concepts. One of great things in this book is proof ideas. This book has very clear and concise explanations about proofs.
I bought 2nd edition of this book, since it has lots of solved problems and exercises. those solved problems will boost your understanding the text and they contains a few things you should know, but omitted in the text.
If you don't understand many concepts in automata and computability with other textbooks, I strongly recommend this book. |
Don't be afraid of the proofs
| Customer Rating: | | This is a great book. The topics are covered in a clear and interesting way. I came to this book after having been exposed to NFA's and DFA's in a compiler course and this exposition is much more enlightening. The proofs in this book are very well written in my opinion, very clear. Studying proof techniques in a book such as Solow's "How to Read and Do Proofs" will prepare you well to understand the proofs in this book. |
dont buy this version
| Customer Rating: | | Go buy an international version which is a lot cheaper than this, and they have the same contents. This version is also printed in Black and White and the paper is really cheap. Don't make a mistake like me buying same product for 90$ more. Again, the only difference between hardcover and softcover(international ver) is the price. |
|
