
The Foundations of Mathematics
Kenneth Kunen(Author)
College Publications (Publisher)
Published on 8. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-1-904987-14-7 (ISBN)
Description
Mathematical logic grew out of philosophical questions regarding the foundations of mathematics, but logic has now outgrown its philosophical roots, and has become an integral part of mathematics in general.
This book is designed for students who plan to specialize in logic, as well
as for those who are interested in the applications of logic to other areas of mathematics. Used as a text, it could form the basis of a beginning
graduate-level course.
There are three main chapters:
Set Theory, Model Theory, and Recursion Theory.
The Set Theory chapter describes the set-theoretic foundations of all of mathematics, based on the ZFC axioms.
It also covers technical results about the Axiom of Choice, well-orderings, and the theory of uncountable cardinals.
The Model Theory chapter discusses predicate logic and formal proofs, and covers the Completeness, Compactness, and Löwenheim-Skolem Theorems,
elementary submodels, model completeness, and applications to algebra.
This chapter also continues the foundational issues begun in the set theory chapter.
Mathematics can now be viewed as formal proofs from ZFC.
Also, model theory leads to models of set theory.
This includes a discussion of absoluteness, and an analysis of models such as H(¿) and R(¿).
The Recursion Theory chapter develops some basic facts about computable functions, and uses them to prove a number of results of foundational importance; in particular, Church's theorem on the undecidability of logical consequence, the incompleteness theorems of Gödel, and Tarski's theorem on the non-definability of truth.
More details
Series
19
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904987-14-7 (9781904987147)
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