Mathematical Logic:
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1. Verfasser: Ebbinghaus, H.-D (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Springer New York 1994
Ausgabe:Second Edition
Schriftenreihe:Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
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Beschreibung:What is a mathematical proof? How can proofs be justified? Are there limitations to provability? To what extent can machines carry out mathematical proofs? Only in this century has there been success in obtaining substantial and satisfactory answers. The present book contains a systematic discussion of these results. The investigations are centered around first-order logic. Our first goal is Godel's completeness theorem, which shows that the consequence relation coincides with formal provability: By means of a calculus consisting of simple formal inference rules, one can obtain all consequences of a given axiom system (and in particular, imitate all mathematical proofs). A short digression into model theory will help us to analyze the expressive power of the first-order language, and it will turn out that there are certain deficiencies. For example, the first-order language does not allow the formulation of an adequate axiom system for arithmetic or analysis. On the other hand, this difficulty can be overcome-- even in the framework of first-order logic- by developing mathematics in set-theoretic terms. We explain the prerequisites from set theory necessary for this purpose and then treat the subtle relation between logic and set theory in a thorough manner
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (X, 291 p)
ISBN:9781475723557
9781475723571
ISSN:0172-6056
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4757-2355-7

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