Mathematics 461 – Mathematical Logic
(01:640:461)
General Information (Catalog listing)
Intuitive and formal development of the sentential and predicate calculus. Special emphasis given to questions of consistency, completeness, and independence. Formal systems; incompleteness and undecidability; theorems of Gödel. Exploration of which properties of structures can be defined in the first-order language.
Prerequisite: CALC3 and either 01:640:300 or permission of department.
Current Semester: Spring 2008
Sec. 01, Sam Coskey
Textbook
A Mathematical Introduction to Logic, Herbert B. Enderton
Syllabus
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Frequently taught by Simon Thomas.
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