Mathematics and Computation

A Theory Revolutionizing Technology and Science

Avi Wigderson, Herbert H. Maass Professor in the School of Mathematics, has authored Mathematics and Computation: A Theory Revolutionizing Technology and Science (Princeton University Press, 2019).

The book serves as an introduction to computational complexity theory, its connections and interactions with mathematics, and its central role in the natural and social sciences, technology, and philosophy.

Excerpts from the book were published in the Fall 2018 Institute Letter.

Read more at Princeton University Press.