Theory of Reversible Computing

Authored by the leading scientist on the subject Valuable reference work for anyone working in reversible computation and automata theory First book written in English on reversible computing from the viewpoint of the theory of computing

Autorentext

Kenichi Morita is a professor emeritus of Hiroshima University. He received a Ph.D. in engineering from Osaka University in 1978, and he was a professor of the Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University. He is engaged in the research of automata theory, cellular automata, reversible computing, and formal language theory.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Reversible Logic Elements with Memory.- 3. Classification of Reversible Logic Elements with Memory and Their Universality.- 4. Reversible Logic Gates.- 5. Reversible Turing Machines.- 6. Making Reversible Turing Machines from Reversible Primitives.- 7. Universal Reversible Turing Machines.- 8. Space-Bounded Reversible Turing Machines.-9. Other Models of Reversible Machines.- 10. Reversible Cellular Automata.- 11. One-Dimensional Universal Reversible Cellular Automata.- 12. Two-Dimensional Universal Reversible Cellular Automata.- 13. Reversible Elementary Triangular Partitioned Cellular Automata.- 14. Self-reproduction in Reversible Cellular Automata.<p