Mathematical Logic (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
ISBN-10:
0387961704
ISBN-13:
9780387961705
Author(s): Flum, J.; Thomas, W.
Edition: 1st edition 1984. 2nd printing 1985
Description:
This careful, self-contained introduction to first-order logic includes an exposition of certain topics not usually found in introductory texts (such as Trachtenbrot's undecidability theorem, Fraisse's characterization of elementary equivalence, and Lindström's theorem on the maximality of first-order logic). The presentation is detailed and systematic without being long-winded or tedious. The role of first-order logic in the foundations of mathematics is worked out clearly, particularly the two basic questions of the range of the axiomatic method and of theorem-proving by machines. Many exercises accompany the text.
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