TY - BOOK AU - Smullyan, Raymond M. AU - Smullyan, Raymond M. TI - A Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic T2 - Dover books on mathematics SN - 9780486492377 U1 - 511.3 SMU PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - : Dover Publications KW - Mathematics KW - General principles of mathematics KW - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical KW - Arithmetic N1 - Part I General Background -- Part II Propositional Logic -- Part III First-Order Logic -- Part IV The Incompletemess Phenomenon N2 - Written by a creative master of mathematical logic, this introductory text combines stories of great philosophers, quotations, and riddles with the fundamentals of mathematical logic. Author Raymond Smullyan offers clear, incremental presentations of difficult logic concepts. He highlights each subject with inventive explanations and unique problems. Smullyan's accessible narrative provides memorable examples of concepts related to proofs, propositional logic and first-order logic, incompleteness theorems, and incompleteness proofs. Additional topics include undecidability, combinatoric logic, and recursion theory. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses, this book will also amuse and enlighten mathematically minded readers. -- Provided by publisher ER -