Mathematical Logic with Special Reference to the Natural Numbers

S. W. P. Steen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

656 Seiten

2008
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-09058-2 (ISBN)

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This book presents a comprehensive treatment of basic mathematical logic. The author's aim is to make exact the vague, intuitive notions of natural number, preciseness and correctness, and to invent a method whereby these notions can be communicated to others and stored in the memory.

This book presents a comprehensive treatment of basic mathematical logic. The author's aim is to make exact the vague, intuitive notions of natural number, preciseness, and correctness, and to invent a method whereby these notions can be communicated to others and stored in the memory. He adopts a symbolic language in which ideas about natural numbers can be stated precisely and meaningfully, and then investigates the properties and limitations of this language. The treatment of mathematical concepts in the main body of the text is rigorous, but, a section of 'historical remarks' traces the evolution of the ideas presented in each chapter. Sources of the original accounts of these developments are listed in the bibliography.

1. Formal Systems; 2. Propositional calculi; 3. Predicate calculi; 4. A complete, decidable arithmetic; 5. Aoo -Definable functions; 6. A complete, undecidable arithmetic; 7. Ao- Definable functions; 8. An incomplete undecidable arithmetic; 9. A-Definable sets of lattice points; 10. Induction.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.11.2008
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	950 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre
ISBN-10	0-521-09058-X / 052109058X
ISBN-13	978-0-521-09058-2 / 9780521090582
Zustand	Neuware