Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology by Walter A Elwell

Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology by Walter A Elwell

In three main divisions the book covers combinational circuits, latches, and asynchronous sequential circuits. Combinational circuits have no memorising ability, while sequential circuits have such an ability to various degrees. Latches are the simplest sequential circuits, ones with the shortest memory. The presentation is decidedly non-standard.

The design of combinational circuits is discussed in an orthodox manner using normal forms and in an unorthodox manner using set-theoretical evaluation formulas relying heavily on Karnaugh maps. The latter approach allows for a new design technique called composition.

Latches are covered very extensively. Their memory functions are expressed mathematically in a time-independent manner allowing the use of (normal, non-temporal) Boolean logic in their calculation. The theory of latches is then used as the basis for calculating asynchronous circuits.

Asynchronous circuits are specified in a tree-representation, each internal node of the tree representing an internal latch of the circuit, the latches specified by the tree itself. The tree specification allows solutions of formidable problems such as algorithmic state assignment, finding equivalent states non-recursively, and verifying asynchronous circuits.

Walter A. Elwell (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is emeritus professor of biblical and theological studies at Wheaton College. He has edited numerous biblical reference works, including the Baker Theological Dictionary of the Bible and the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology.
Robert W. Yarbrough (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary and coeditor of the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series.

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ISBN 13	9780801020490
ISBN 10	0801020492
Title	Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
Author	Walter A Elwell
Series	Baker Reference Library
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Baker Publishing Group
Year published	1996-01-01
Number of pages	933
Prizes	Winner of Gold Medallion Book Awards (Reference/Text) 1985, Winner of Gold Medallion Book Awards (Reference/Commentaries) 1997
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