Lewis Rand

Lewis Rand
Author: Johnston Mary
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2016-06-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781318808441

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

The Structure of Proof

The Structure of Proof
Author: Michael L. O'Leary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2002
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

For a one-semester freshman or sophomore level course on the fundamentals of proof writing or transition to advanced mathematics course. Rather than teach mathematics and the structure of proofs simultaneously, this text first introduces logic as the foundation of proofs and then demonstrates how logic applies to mathematical topics. This method ensures that the students gain a firm understanding of how logic interacts with mathematics and empowers them to solve more complex problems in future math courses.

The Axiom of Determinacy, Forcing Axioms, and the Nonstationary Ideal

The Axiom of Determinacy, Forcing Axioms, and the Nonstationary Ideal
Author: W. Hugh Woodin
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 944
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3110804735

The series is devoted to the publication of high-level monographs on all areas of mathematical logic and its applications. It is addressed to advanced students and research mathematicians, and may also serve as a guide for lectures and for seminars at the graduate level.

Models and Ultraproducts

Models and Ultraproducts
Author: A. B. Slomson
Publisher: Dover Publications
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-12-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780486788630

This first-year graduate text assumes only an acquaintance with set theory to explore homogeneous universal models, saturated structure, extensions of classical first-order logic, and other topics. 1974 edition.

The Lambda Calculus

The Lambda Calculus
Author: H.P. Barendregt
Publisher: North Holland
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1984
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

The revised edition contains a new chapter which provides an elegant description of the semantics. The various classes of lambda calculus models are described in a uniform manner. Some didactical improvements have been made to this edition. An example of a simple model is given and then the general theory (of categorical models) is developed. Indications are given of those parts of the book which can be used to form a coherent course.

Protoalgebraic Logics

Protoalgebraic Logics
Author: Janusz Czelakowski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9401728070

The main aim of this book is to present recent ideas in logic centered around the notion of a consequence operation. We wish to show these ideas in a factually and materially connected way, i.e., in the form of a consistent theory derived from several simple assumptions and definitions. These ideas have arisen in many research centers. The thorough study of their history can certainly be an exciting task for the historian of logic; in the book this aspect of the theory is being played down. The book belongs to abstract algebraic logic, the area of research that explores to a large extent interconnections between algebra and logic. The results presented here concern logics defined in zero-order languages (Le., quantifier-free sentential languages without predicate symbols). The reach of the theory expounded in the book is, in fact, much wider. The theory is also valid for logics defined in languages of higer orders. The problem of transferring the theory to the level of first-order languages has been satisfactorily solved and new ideas within this area have been put forward in the work of Blok and Pigozzi [1989].

Boolean Functions

Boolean Functions
Author: Yves Crama
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2011-05-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1139498630

Written by prominent experts in the field, this monograph provides the first comprehensive, unified presentation of the structural, algorithmic and applied aspects of the theory of Boolean functions. The book focuses on algebraic representations of Boolean functions, especially disjunctive and conjunctive normal form representations. This framework looks at the fundamental elements of the theory (Boolean equations and satisfiability problems, prime implicants and associated short representations, dualization), an in-depth study of special classes of Boolean functions (quadratic, Horn, shellable, regular, threshold, read-once functions and their characterization by functional equations) and two fruitful generalizations of the concept of Boolean functions (partially defined functions and pseudo-Boolean functions). Several topics are presented here in book form for the first time. Because of the depth and breadth and its emphasis on algorithms and applications, this monograph will have special appeal for researchers and graduate students in discrete mathematics, operations research, computer science, engineering and economics.

The Unprovability of Consistency

The Unprovability of Consistency
Author: George Boolos
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-01-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521092975

The Unprovability of Consistency is concerned with connections between two branches of logic: proof theory and modal logic. Modal logic is the study of the principles that govern the concepts of necessity and possibility; proof theory is, in part, the study of those that govern provability and consistency. In this book, George Boolos looks at the principles of provability from the standpoint of modal logic. In doing so, he provides two perspectives on a debate in modal logic that has persisted for at least thirty years between the followers of C. I. Lewis and W. V. O. Quine. The author employs semantic methods developed by Saul Kripke in his analysis of modal logical systems. The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in logic, mathematics and philosophy, as well as to specialists in those fields.