New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981. NOT a library discard. Appear never read. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears or creases. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Three appendicies. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped pale blue boards. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "A noted logician and philosopher addresses various forms of mathematical logic, discussing both theoretical underpinnings and practical applications. Author Hao Wang surveys the central concepts and theories of the discipline in a historical and developmental context, and then focuses on the four principal domains of contemporary mathematical logic: set theory, model theory, recursion theory and constructivism, and proof theory. Topics include the place of problems in the development of theories of logic and logic's relation to computer science. Specific attention is given to G�del's incompleteness theorems, predicate logic and its decision and reduction problems, constructibility and Cantor's continuum hypothesis, proof theory and Hilbert's program, hierarchies and unification, proof of the four-color problem, the Diophantine problem, the tautology problem, and many other subjects. Three helpful Appendixes conclude the text.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xi, 273pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Title

Popular Lectures on Mathematical Logic

Publisher

Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York

Publication Date

1981

Language

English

ISBN 10

0442231091

ISBN 13

9780442231095

Binding

Hardcover

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NOT a library discard

Edition

First Printing of the First Edition.

Condition

Fine condition

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine dust jacket

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Noted logician and philosopher addresses various forms of mathematical logic, discussing both theoretical underpinnings and practical applications. After historical survey, lucid treatment of set theory, model theory, recursion theory and constructivism and proof theory. Place of problems in development of theories of logic, logic's relationship to computer science, more. Includes 3 appendixes. Bibliography. 1981 edition.

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Hao Wang (1921–95) was a Chinese-American mathematician, logician, and philosopher. He taught at Harvard, Oxford, and Rockefeller University.

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