Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics

Wilder, Raymond L.

ISBN 10: 0486488209 / ISBN 13: 9780486488202

Editore: Dover Pubns, 2012

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2nd edition. 352 pages. 8.75x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo x-0486488209

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Titolo: Introduction to the Foundations of ...

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns

Data di pubblicazione: 2012

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Brand New

Edizione: seconda edizione

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Riassunto:

This classic undergraduate text by an eminent educator acquaints students with the fundamental concepts and methods of mathematics. In addition to introducing many noteworthy historical figures from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, the book examines the axiomatic method, set theory, infinite sets, the linear continuum and the real number system, and groups. Additional topics include the Frege-Russell thesis, intuitionism, formal systems, mathematical logic, and the cultural setting of mathematics.
Students and teachers will find that this elegant treatment covers a vast amount of material in a single reasonably concise and readable volume. Each chapter concludes with a set of problems and a list of suggested readings. An extensive bibliography and helpful indexes conclude the text.

L'autore:

Raymond L. Wilder (1896–1982) was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. After his 1967 retirement, he served as a research associate and lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara.