Logic for computer science: foundations of automatic theorem proving

This advanced text for undergraduate and graduate students introduces mathematical logic with an emphasis on proof theory and procedures for algorithmic construction of formal proofs. The self-contained treatment is also useful for computer scientists and mathematically inclined readers interested i...

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Main Author: Gallier, Jean H. 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Mineola, New York Dover Publications, Inc. 2015
Edition:Second edition, Dover edition
Series:Dover books on computer science
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Online Access:TUM01
Summary:This advanced text for undergraduate and graduate students introduces mathematical logic with an emphasis on proof theory and procedures for algorithmic construction of formal proofs. The self-contained treatment is also useful for computer scientists and mathematically inclined readers interested in the formalization of proofs and basics of automatic theorem proving. Topics include propositional logic and its resolution, first-order logic, Gentzen's cut elimination theorem and applications, and Gentzen's sharpened Hauptsatz and Herbrand's theorem. Additional subjects include resolution in fir
Item Description:"This Dover edition, first published in 2015, is an unabridged republication of the revised 2003 online edition of the work originally published by Harper & Row, New York, in 1986. A new Preface to the Dover Edition has been specially prepared for this volume."
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780486805085
0486805085

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