Unit information: Logic, Information and Computation in 2009/10

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Unit name Logic, Information and Computation
Unit code EMAT20531
Credit points 10
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Professor. Lawry
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Engineering Mathematics
Faculty Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

This provides an introduction to the mathematics of information, formal reasoning and computation. It is divided into two elements. The first element is Information theory gives us as a way of measuring uncertainty and information. The second element provides an introduction to first-order predicate logic, the theory of computability and computational complexity.