| Description |
iii, 284 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Dover books on mathematics.
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| Contents |
Part I General Background -- Part II Propositional Logic -- Part III First-Order Logic -- Part IV The Incompletemess Phenomenon. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index. |
| Summary |
Written by a creative master of mathematical logic, this introductory text combines stories of great philosophers, quotations, and riddles with the fundamentals of mathematical logic. Author Raymond Smullyan offers clear, incremental presentations of difficult logic concepts. He highlights each subject with inventive explanations and unique problems. Smullyan's accessible narrative provides memorable examples of concepts related to proofs, propositional logic and first-order logic, incompleteness theorems, and incompleteness proofs. Additional topics include undecidability, combinatoric logic, and recursion theory. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses, this book will also amuse and enlighten mathematically minded readers. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
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| ISBN |
9780486492377 (pbk.) |
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0486492370 (pbk.) |
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