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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
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The theory of recursive functions, approaching its centennial

Author(s): Stephen C. Kleene
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 5 (1981), 43-61.
MSC (1980): Primary 03D20; Secondary 03D10, 03A05
Corrigendum: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.), Volume 5, Number 3 (1981), 364--364
MathSciNet review: 614313
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1981-14920-X
PII: S 0273-0979(1981)14920-X




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