Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition | Michael Sipser

Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition | Michael Sipser | very good

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	Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition Michael Sipser Course Technology, 2005 - 456 pages average customer review:based on 52 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Theory with no fear

Sipser did a surprising and didactical synthesis on classic TC topics. And with wit, too! His work is not a boring opus. After years of strugle against texts by honorables like Hopcroft, Lewis & Papadimitriou etc., all important and fundamental but criptic authors, finally someone (that seems had been student someday) writes an understandable book. On library, it is the most looked for. (Obs.: I'm writing here not to add anithing to all that was already well said by other reviewers: it is just for a tribute to the author.)

very good

This really is the clearest and, well, most beautiful theory textbook that I have ever read and used for teaching. Congratulations.

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Fantastic book to introduce theory of computation.

I think that this book is by far the best introductory text on theory of computation and complexity that I have read so far. I would recommend the aho ulmann book as a companion after having gone through this book to strengthen your knowledge. But, this book introduces stuff like never before. Simply amazing.. buy it even if you are planning to take a course and the instructor is using some other textbook, its that good!!

A very good book for beginners on Theory of Computation

Every Computer Science who wants to do Theory of Computation should have this book. Theory of Computation is not that easy to grasp at first, but after a while you'll like it. However, this book doesn't have a solution companion book, which is very frustrating because no one should expect a senior student to know the right answer to some of the questions in the book as the solutions are tricky sometimes.

However, this is the only good book on Theory of Computation for beginners, sadly so. It's just not good enough to earn a 5-star.

I struggled when doing the course with this book because as I was trying to do the questions in the book, I had no references whether I was on the right track or not. And trust me, without the solution book, some instructors don't know how to solve some of the questions either, thus don't expect a student to do it all.

I don't like the idea of holding back the solution book but only instructors have access to it. What good is it if students can't check or learn from the solution.

If you have any other good book on Theory of Computation that has an accompanying solution book, please email me, I'll be much interested because Theory of Computation is what I want to pursue in Grad school.

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