Title: I had a hard time even with the author teaching the course!
Product review: This book is not for the beginner. It has very few examples and explanations. The only good part is that a few of the problems have solutions, but the examples in the book do not coincide with the exercises. There are proofs for every definition, but it is not clear how these concepts tie in with one another. Also, the order in which the material is presented is a little odd. All the different machines are introduced first, with very little explanation. Then regular expressions and contezt free grammars are discussed, which is discussed first in most books on this subject. Then, The Halting Problem is dicussed. I had a hard time following the book even when one of the authors taught the class.
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