Re: History question -- Tarski and Codd

I don't know of any relation between Codd and Tarski A good index of Codd's papers can be found at:

http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/c/Codd:E=_F=.html

Also a google search on "Codd Relational" should give you enough pointers.

"John H. E. Fiskio-Lasseter" wrote:

> I've noticed that neither Kanellakis' encylopedic survey ("Elements of
> Relational Database Theory", from the Handbook of _Theoretical Computer
> Science_) nor Abiteboul/Hull/Vianu's textbook, _Foundations of
> Databases_
> cite Tarski's paper, "On the Calculus of Relations" (Journal of
> Symbolic Logic, 1941).
>
> I'm interested in the knowing the influence of this paper on Codd's
> formulation of relational algebra, as they seem closely related. One
> obvious step is to get copies of Codd's papers, but I'm having a bit of
> trouble tracking them down at the moment.
>
> In the meantime, can someone enlighten me on the historical connection
> between these two works?
>
> Thanks,
> -- John
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