Mathematical Logic: An Introduction to Model Theory

di A. Lightstone (Autore)

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2012

Before his death in March, 1976, A. H. Lightstone delivered the manu­ script for this book to Plenum Press. Because he died before the editorial work on the manuscript was completed, I agreed (in the fall of 1976) to serve as a surrogate author and to see the project through to completion. I have changed the manuscript as little as possible, altering certain passages to correct oversights. But the alterations are minor; this is Lightstone's book. H. B. Enderton vii Preface This is a treatment of the predicate calculus in a form that serves as a foundation for nonstandard analysis. Classically, the predicates and variables of the predicate calculus are kept distinct, inasmuch as no variable is also a predicate; moreover, each predicate is assigned an order, a unique natural number that indicates the length of each tuple to which the predicate can be prefixed. These restrictions are dropped here, in order to develop a flexible, expressive language capable of exploiting the potential of nonstandard analysis. To assist the reader in grasping the basic ideas of logic, we begin in Part I by presenting the propositional calculus and statement systems. This provides a relatively simple setting in which to grapple with the some­ times foreign ideas of mathematical logic. These ideas are repeated in Part II, where the predicate calculus and semantical systems are studied.

• Autore: A. Lightstone
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Collana: Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Science and Engineering
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 338 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9781461587521

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