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An Introduction to Goedel's Theorems Peter Smith (University of Cambridge)

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An Introduction to Goedel's Theorems By Peter Smith (University of Cambridge)

An Introduction to Goedel's Theorems by Peter Smith (University of Cambridge)


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An extensively rewritten second edition of this best-selling standard text for graduates and upper-level undergraduate students of logic, philosophy of mathematics, and pure mathematics. A clear and accessible treatment of Goedel's famous, intriguing, but much misunderstood incompleteness theorems.

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An Introduction to Goedel's Theorems by Peter Smith (University of Cambridge)

In 1931, the young Kurt Goedel published his First Incompleteness Theorem, which tells us that, for any sufficiently rich theory of arithmetic, there are some arithmetical truths the theory cannot prove. This remarkable result is among the most intriguing (and most misunderstood) in logic. Goedel also outlined an equally significant Second Incompleteness Theorem. How are these Theorems established, and why do they matter? Peter Smith answers these questions by presenting an unusual variety of proofs for the First Theorem, showing how to prove the Second Theorem, and exploring a family of related results (including some not easily available elsewhere). The formal explanations are interwoven with discussions of the wider significance of the two Theorems. This book - extensively rewritten for its second edition - will be accessible to philosophy students with a limited formal background. It is equally suitable for mathematics students taking a first course in mathematical logic.

An Introduction to Goedel's Theorems Reviews

'Smith breathes new life into the work of Kurt Godel in this second edition ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.' R. L. Pour, Choice

About Peter Smith (University of Cambridge)

Peter Smith was formerly Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His books include Explaining Chaos (1998) and An Introduction to Formal Logic (2003) and he is also a former editor of the journal Analysis.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. What Goedel's theorems say; 2. Functions and enumerations; 3. Effective computability; 4. Effectively axiomatized theories; 5. Capturing numerical properties; 6. The truths of arithmetic; 7. Sufficiently strong arithmetics; 8. Interlude: taking stock; 9. Induction; 10. Two formalized arithmetics; 11. What Q can prove; 12. I o, an arithmetic with induction; 13. First-order Peano arithmetic; 14. Primitive recursive functions; 15. LA can express every p.r. function; 16. Capturing functions; 17. Q is p.r. adequate; 18. Interlude: a very little about Principia; 19. The arithmetization of syntax; 20. Arithmetization in more detail; 21. PA is incomplete; 22. Goedel's First Theorem; 23. Interlude: about the First Theorem; 24. The Diagonalization Lemma; 25. Rosser's proof; 26. Broadening the scope; 27. Tarski's Theorem; 28. Speed-up; 29. Second-order arithmetics; 30. Interlude: incompleteness and Isaacson's thesis; 31. Goedel's Second Theorem for PA; 32. On the 'unprovability of consistency'; 33. Generalizing the Second Theorem; 34. Loeb's Theorem and other matters; 35. Deriving the derivability conditions; 36. 'The best and most general version'; 37. Interlude: the Second Theorem, Hilbert, minds and machines; 38. -Recursive functions; 39. Q is recursively adequate; 40. Undecidability and incompleteness; 41. Turing machines; 42. Turing machines and recursiveness; 43. Halting and incompleteness; 44. The Church-Turing thesis; 45. Proving the thesis?; 46. Looking back.

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CIN1107606756G
9781107606753
1107606756
An Introduction to Goedel's Theorems by Peter Smith (University of Cambridge)
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Cambridge University Press
20130221
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