A Beginner’s Guide to Mathematical Logic

Combining stories of great writers and philosophers with quotations and riddles, this completely original text for first courses in mathematical logic examines problems related to proofs, propositional logic and first-order logic, undecidability, and other topics. 2013 edition. Combining stories of great philosophers, quotations, and riddles with the fundamentals of mathematical logic, this new textbook for first courses in mathematical logic was written by the subject''s creative master. Raymond Smullyan offers clear, incremental presentations of difficult logic concepts with creative explanations and unique problems related to proofs, propositional logic and first-order logic, undecidability, recursion theory, and other topics.

• | Author: Raymond M. Smullyan
• | Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• | Publication Date: Jul 25, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780486492377
• | ISBN-10: 0486492370