Logic for Applications (Texts & Monographs in Computer Science) - Hardcover

Nerode, Anil; Shore, Richard A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387941290 ISBN 13: 9780387941295

Publisher: Springer Verlag, 1993

Synopsis

Presents a rigorous introduction to classical, intuitionistic and modal logic to advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. This book emphasizes deduction as a form of computation, by examining the logical and mathematical foundations of resolution theorem proving and logic programming.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This textbook provides a first introduction to mathematical logic which is closely attuned to the applications of logic in computer science. In it the authors emphasize the notion that deduction is a form of computation. While all the traditional subjects of logic are covered thoroughly - syntax, semantics, completeness, and compactness - much of the book deals with less traditional topics such as resolution theorem proving, logic programming, and non-classical logics - modal and intuitionistic - which are becoming increasingly important in computer science. The book also provides a systematic treatment of the elements of set theory, a historical overview of its subjects, and an extensive annotated bibliography. No previous exposure to logic is assumed, and so this will be suitable for upper level undergraduate or beginning graduate students in computer science or mathematics.

About the Author

Anil Nerode is Professor and Director of the Mathematical Sciences Institute at Cornell University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0387941290
• ISBN 13: 9780387941295
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 365