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ATTENTIONS

Even after immense forethoughts a book covering this variety of text it is probable to contain

errors and lapses. I would appreciate you if you find any mistakes or have any constructive

suggestions it will be my pleasure to look into your suggestions. You can mail your comments to

Mathematical Foundation to Computer Science—Y N Singh

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Institute of Engineering & Technology,

UP Technical University, Lucknow-226 021

Alternatively you can use e-mail [email protected] to submit errors, lapses and

constructive suggestions.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I owe my deep concerns to many individuals whose encouragements, guidance, and suggestions

have resulted in a better manuscript:

Prof D S Chauhan Hon’ ble Vice Chancellor, UP Technical University, Lucknow

Prof V K Jain (Ex.) Director & Head, Deptt. of CSE, HBTI, Kanpur

Prof L S Yadav Director, IET, Lucknow

Prof S N Singh Deptt. of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur

Prof S K Bajpai Head, Deptt. of Computer Sc., IET, Lucknow

Prof N P Padhey Deptt. of Computer Sc., IIT, Roorkee

Prof B N Misra Coordinator Deptt. of Biotechnology, IET, Lucknow

Prof V K Singh Examination Controller & Head Deptt. of Applied Science,

IET, Lucknow

Additionally I thank to my colleagues’ faculty members and friends. My special thanks

go to the students in Mathematical foundation of computer science & automata theory classes

who provided me valuable feedback and critical appraisal.

I experience a pleasure working with New Age International Press. Every one contrib-

uted immensely to the quality of the final manuscript. I specially thanks to L N Misra for his

encouragement, support and assistance.

Finally I pay my gratitude to the family members Saraswati (wife), Siddhartha (son),

Divyanshi & Lavantika (daughters) for their love and patience during writing this book. At this

moment, I can’t forget to memorize my late father B R Singh Rajput and my late teacher Dr

Srikant Srivastawa who has been my hub of inspiration. I affectionately dedicate this book to

all of them.

I E T, Lucknow Y N Singh