A Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic

by Raymond M. Smullyan

Overview

Written by a creative master of mathematical logic, this introductory text combines stories of great philosophers, quotations, and riddles with the fundamentals of mathematical logic. Author Raymond Smullyan offers clear, incremental presentations of difficult logic concepts. He highlights each subject with inventive explanations and unique problems.
Smullyan's accessible narrative provides memorable examples of concepts related to proofs, propositional logic and first-order logic, incompleteness theorems, and incompleteness proofs. Additional topics include undecidability, combinatoric logic, and recursion theory. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses, this book will also amuse and enlighten mathematically minded readers. 2014 edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486492377
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	07/16/2014
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	636,082
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)