Lectures in Logic and Set Theory: Volume 1, Mathematical Logic (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 82) - Softcover

Book 22 of 151: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics

Tourlakis, George

 
9780521168465: Lectures in Logic and Set Theory: Volume 1, Mathematical Logic (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 82)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521168465 ISBN 13: 9780521168465
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Meant as a text in an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate course in mathematics, computer science, or philosophy, this two-volume work is written in a user-friendly conversational lecture style that makes it equally effective for self-study or class use.Volume II, on formal (ZFC) set theory, incorporates a self-contained "chapter 0" on proof techniques based on formal logic, in the style of Bourbaki. This provides the reader with a solid foundation in set theory, while the inclusion of topics such as absoluteness, relative consistency results, two expositions of Godel's constructible universe, numerous ways of viewing recursion, and a chapter on Cohen forcing, will usher the advanced reader to the doorstep of the research literature.

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Book Description

Meant as a text in an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate course in mathematics, computer science, or philosophy, this two-volume work is written in a user-friendly conversational lecture style that makes it equally effective for self-study or class use.Volume II, on formal (ZFC) set theory, incorporates a self-contained "chapter 0" on proof techniques based on formal logic, in the style of Bourbaki. This provides the reader with a solid foundation in set theory, while the inclusion of topics such as absoluteness, relative consistency results, two expositions of Godel's constructible universe, numerous ways of viewing recursion, and a chapter on Cohen forcing, will usher the advanced reader to the doorstep of the research literature.

Review

"A thorough and complete resource for "one of the most remarkable theorems of logic." George Tourlakis' Mathematical Logic is a highly worthwhile addition the the literature."
Robert Mignone, The Review of Modern Logic

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521168465
ISBN 13 
9780521168465
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
342