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Article #442Re: Textbooks for Set Theory and Logic
From: Randall Holmes
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 22:38
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 22:38
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In article <chomicki.717970449@antares.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> chomicki@cis.ksu.edu (Jan Chomicki) writes: >I will be teaching a Set Theory and Logic course to first-year computer >science graduate students. The course should provide them with some basic >mathematical sophistication, as well as theorem proving skills. The >students should already have some knowledge of mathematics, e.g., >calculus. > >I intend to cover naive and axiomatic set theory, and propositional >and predicate logic. Specific topics include: cardinal and ordinal >numbers, transfinite induction, ZFC, proof systems (Hilbert- and >Gentzen-style, possibly resolution), soundness and completeness of >proof systems, some basic model theory. > >I would appreciate any recommendations for or against using certain >textbooks. I may actually use two books: one for Set Theory and one for >Logic. Thank you. > >-- >Jan Chomicki Computing and Information Sciences >chomicki@cis.ksu.edu 234 Nichols Hall >Phone: (913) 532-6350 Kansas State University >Fax: (913) 532-7353 Manhattan, KS 66506-2302 A very impressive book is "An Introduction to Mathematical Logic and Type Theory: To Truth through Proof" by Peter B. Andrews, Academic Press, 1986. It is a good intro to logic and model theory. You could use it for set theory if you were willing to do what is essentially Russell's theory of types instead of Zermelo; if you wanted to do Zermelo-style set theory specifically, use Halmos's Naive Set Theory? I think that the type theory and accompanying lambda-calculus in Andrews might be more useful for CS types. -- The opinions expressed | --Sincerely, above are not the "official" | M. Randall Holmes opinions of any person | Math. Dept., Boise State Univ. or institution. | holmes@opal.idbsu.edu
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Newsgroups: sci.logic Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!news.byu.edu!ux1!mica.inel.gov!guinness!opal.idbsu.edu!holmes From: holmes@opal.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes) Subject: Re: Textbooks for Set Theory and Logic Message-ID: <1992Oct1.223849.17820@guinness.idbsu.edu> Keywords: set theory, logic Sender: usenet@guinness.idbsu.edu (Usenet News mail) Nntp-Posting-Host: opal Organization: Boise State University References: <chomicki.717970449@antares.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 22:38:49 GMT Lines: 38