Introduction to Mathematical Logic

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CRC Press, Aug 11, 2009 - Computers - 494 pages
Retaining all the key features of the previous editions, Introduction to Mathematical Logic, Fifth Edition explores the principal topics of mathematical logic. It covers propositional logic, first-order logic, first-order number theory, axiomatic set theory, and the theory of computability. The text also discusses the major results of Godel, Church
 

Contents

Chapter 1 The Propositional Calculus
1
Chapter 2 FirstOrder Logic and Model Theory
41
Chapter 3 Formal Number Theory
149
Chapter 4 Axionmatic Set Theory
227
Chapter 5 Computability
309
SecondOrder Logic
375
First Steps in Modal Propositional Logic
391
Answers to Selected Exercises
403
Bibliography
433
Notation
447
Index
453
Back cover
471
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Elliott Mendelson is professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at Queens College.

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