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Mathematical Logic 1994. Softcover Edition
Contributor(s): Ebbinghaus, H. -D (Author), Flum, J. (Author), Thomas, Wolfgang (Author)
ISBN: 1475723571     ISBN-13: 9781475723571
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE:   $75.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Logic
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics
Dewey: 370
Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.94 lbs) 291 pages
 
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What is a mathematical proof? How can proofs be justified? Are there limitations to provability? To what extent can machines carry out mathe- matical proofs? Only in this century has there been success in obtaining substantial and satisfactory answers. The present book contains a systematic discussion of these results. The investigations are centered around first-order logic. Our first goal is Godel's completeness theorem, which shows that the con- sequence relation coincides with formal provability: By means of a calcu- lus consisting of simple formal inference rules, one can obtain all conse- quences of a given axiom system (and in particular, imitate all mathemat- ical proofs). A short digression into model theory will help us to analyze the expres- sive power of the first-order language, and it will turn out that there are certain deficiencies. For example, the first-order language does not allow the formulation of an adequate axiom system for arithmetic or analysis. On the other hand, this difficulty can be overcome--even in the framework of first-order logic-by developing mathematics in set-theoretic terms. We explain the prerequisites from set theory necessary for this purpose and then treat the subtle relation between logic and set theory in a thorough manner.