Logic and computer science: lectures given at the 1st session of the Centro internazionale matematico estivo

Steven Homer, Anil Nerode, Richard A. Platek, Gerald E. Sacks, Andre Scedrov, Piergiorgio Odifreddi3540527346, 9783540527343, 3540527346-:, 0387527346

The courses given at the 1st C.I.M.E. Summer School of 1988 dealt with the main areas on the borderline between applied logic and theoretical computer science. These courses are recorded here in five expository papers: S. Homer: The Isomorphism Conjecture and its Generalization.- A. Nerode: Some Lectures on Intuitionistic Logic.- R.A. Platek: Making Computers Safe for the World. An Introduction to Proofs of Programs. Part I. – G.E. Sacks: Prolog Programming.- A. Scedrov: A Guide to Polymorphic Types.