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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782098603321

Autore

Diaconescu Răzvan

Titolo

Institution-independent model theory [[electronic resource] /] / Răzvan Diaconescu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel ; ; Boston, : Birkhäuser, c2008

ISBN

1-281-86259-2

9786611862596

3-7643-8708-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Collana

Studies in universal logic

Disciplina

511.3

511.34

Soggetti

Model theory

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

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

Categories -- Institutions -- Theories and Models -- Internal Logic -- Model Ultraproducts -- Saturated Models -- Preservation and Axiomatizability -- Interpolation -- Definability -- Possible Worlds -- Grothendieck Institutions -- Institutions with Proofs -- Specification -- Logic Programming.

Sommario/riassunto

A model theory that is independent of any concrete logical system allows a general handling of a large variety of logics. This generality can be achieved by applying the theory of institutions that provides a precise mathematical formulation for the intuitive concept of a logical system. Especially in computer science, where the development of a huge number of specification logics is observable, institution-independent model theory simplifies and sometimes even enables a concise model-theoretic analysis of the system. Besides incorporating important methods and concepts from conventional model theory, the proposed top-down methodology allows for a structurally clean understanding of model-theoretic phenomena. As a consequence, results from conventional concrete model theory can be understood more easily, and sometimes even new results are obtained.