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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438150503321

Autore

Srivastava Shashi Mohan

Titolo

A Course on Mathematical Logic / / by Shashi Mohan Srivastava

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-4614-5746-7

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Universitext, , 0172-5939

Disciplina

511.3

Soggetti

Mathematical logic

Algebra

Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1 Syntax of First-Order Logic -- 2 Semantics of First-Order Languages -- 3 Propositional Logic -- 4 Completeness Theorem for First-Order Logic -- 5 Model Theory -- 6 Recursive Functions and Arithmetization of Theories -- 7 Incompleteness Theorems and Recursion Theory -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a short, modern, and motivated introduction to mathematical logic for upper undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics and computer science. Any mathematician who is interested in getting acquainted with logic and would like to learn Gödel’s incompleteness theorems should find this book particularly useful. The treatment is thoroughly mathematical and prepares students to branch out in several areas of mathematics related to foundations and computability, such as logic, axiomatic set theory, model theory, recursion theory, and computability. In this new edition, many small and large changes have been made throughout the text. The main purpose of this new edition is to provide a healthy first introduction to model theory, which is a very important branch of logic. Topics in the new chapter include ultraproduct of models, elimination of quantifiers, types, applications of types to model theory, and applications to algebra, number theory and geometry. Some proofs, such as the proof of the very important completeness theorem, have



been completely rewritten in a more clear and concise manner. The new edition also introduces new topics, such as the notion of elementary class of structures, elementary diagrams, partial elementary maps, homogeneous structures, definability, and many more. Review from the first edition: "All results included in the book are very carefully selected and proved. The author’s manner of writing is excellent, which will surely make this book useful to many categories of readers." --Marius Tarnauceanu, Zentralblatt MATH.