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This is an introduction to set theory and logic that starts completely from scratch. The text is accompanied by many methodological remarks and explanations. A rigorous axiomatic presentation of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory is given, demonstrating how the basic concepts of mathematics have apparently been reduced to set theory. This is followed by a presentation of propositional and first-order logic. Concepts and results of recursion theory are explained in intuitive terms, and the author proves and explains the limitative results of Skolem, Tarski, Church and GÃdel (the celebrated incompleteness theorems). For students of mathematics or philosophy this book provides an excellent introduction to logic and set theory.

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Mathematical induction; 1. Sets and classes; 2. Relations and functions; 3. Cardinals; 4. Ordinals; 5. The axiom of choice; 6. Finite cardinals and alephs; 7. Propositional logic; 8. First order logic; 9. Facts from recursion theory; 10. Limitative results; Appendix: Skolem's paradox.

Set Theory Logic and their Limitations

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 5/23/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780521479981
      978-0521479981
      ISBN-10 0521479983
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is an introduction to set theory and logic that starts completely from scratch. The text is accompanied by many methodological remarks and explanations. A rigorous axiomatic presentation of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory is given, demonstrating how the basic concepts of mathematics have apparently been reduced to set theory. This is followed by a presentation of propositional and first-order logic. Concepts and results of recursion theory are explained in intuitive terms, and the author proves and explains the limitative results of Skolem, Tarski, Church and GÃdel (the celebrated incompleteness theorems). For students of mathematics or philosophy this book provides an excellent introduction to logic and set theory.

      Trade Review
      ' … written by an excellent mathematician … I very much like the way the author explains things.' European Mathematical Society

      Table of Contents
      Mathematical induction; 1. Sets and classes; 2. Relations and functions; 3. Cardinals; 4. Ordinals; 5. The axiom of choice; 6. Finite cardinals and alephs; 7. Propositional logic; 8. First order logic; 9. Facts from recursion theory; 10. Limitative results; Appendix: Skolem's paradox.

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