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Alfred Tarski: Life and Logicby Solomon Feferman, Anita Burdman FefermanISBN 0521802407 (0-521-80240-7)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alfred Tarski: Life and Logic'Book summary:Alfred Tarski, one of the greatest logicians of all time, is widely thought of as 'the man who defined truth'. His mathematical work on the concepts of truth and logical consequence are cornerstones of modern logic, influencing developments in philosophy, linguistics and computer science. Tarski was a charismatic teacher and zealous promoter of his view of logic as the foundation of all rational thought, a bon-vivant and a womanizer, who played the 'great man' to the hilt. Born in Warsaw in 1901 to Jewish parents, he changed his name and converted to Catholicism, but was never able to obtain a professorship in his home country. A fortuitous trip to the United States at the outbreak of war saved his life and turned his career around, even while it separated him from his family for years. By the war's end he was established as a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. There Tarski built an empire in logic and methodology that attracted students and distinguished researchers from all over the world. From the cafes of Warsaw and Vienna to the mountains and deserts of California, this first full length biography places Tarski in the social, intellectual and historical context of his times and presents a frank, vivid picture of a personally and professionally passionate man, interlaced with an account of his major scientific achievements. [via]
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Axiomatic Set Theoryby Patrick Colonel SuppesISBN 0486616304 (0-486-61630-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Basic Set Theoryby Azriel LevyISBN 0486420795 (0-486-42079-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Basic Set Theory'Book summary:[via]Geared toward upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, this text consists of two parts: the first covers pure set theory, and the second deals with applications and advanced topics (point set topology, real spaces, Boolean algebras, infinite combinatorics and large cardinals). Useful appendix; numerous exercises. 1979 edition. Includes 20 figures. 
Combinatorics of Finite Setsby Ian AndersonISBN 0486422577 (0-486-42257-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Concise Introduction to Logicby Patrick J. HurleyISBN 0534520073 (0-534-52007-3)
Hardcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Concise Introduction to Logic'Book summary:Tens of thousands of students have learned to be more discerning at constructing and evaluating arguments with the help of Patrick J. Hurley. Hurley's lucid, friendly, yet thorough presentation has made A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC the most widely used logic text in North America. In addition, the book's accompanying technological resources, such as CengageNOW and Learning Logic, include interactive exercises as well as video and audio clips to reinforce what you read in the book and hear in class. In short, you'll have all the assistance you need to become a more logical thinker and communicator. [via]
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- Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 0534011209 (0-534-01120-9)
Hardcover, Wadsworth Pub Co - Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 0534038670 (0-534-03867-0)
Hardcover, Wadsworth Pub Co - Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 0534089283 (0-534-08928-3)
Hardcover, Wadsworth Pub Co - Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 0534145140 (0-534-14514-0)
Hardcover, Wadsworth Pub Co - Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 0534211747 (0-534-21174-7)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning - Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 053450535X (0-534-50535-X)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning - Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 0534520065 (0-534-52006-5)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning - A Concise Introduction to Logic With Infotrac: ISBN 0534584829 (0-534-58482-9)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning - Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 0534520073 (0-534-52007-3)
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- Concise Introduction to Logic: ISBN 0534011209 (0-534-01120-9)
Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbersby Georg CantorISBN 0486600459 (0-486-60045-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Core Model Iterability Problemby John R. SteelISBN 3540619380 (3-540-61938-0)
Softcover, Assn for Symbolic Logic
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Elements of Set Theoryby Herbert B. EndertonISBN 0122384407 (0-12-238440-7)
Hardcover, Academic Pr
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Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinityby David Foster WallaceISBN 0393326292 (0-393-32629-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everything And More: A Compact History Of Infinity'Book summary:Before discussing the merits of David Foster Wallace's Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity, it is essential to define what the book is not. This volume in the "Great Discoveries" series is not a history of the personalities and social conditions that led to the "discovery" of infinity. Nor is it a narrative fixated on the cultish fear of--and obsession with--the infinite that has seemingly driven mathematicians insane over the centuries. Rather, Everything and More is a surprisingly rigorous march through the 2000 plus years of mathematical research that began with Aristotle; continued through Galileo, Isaac Newton, G.W. Leibniz, Karl Weierstrass, and J.W.R. Dedekind; and culminated in Georg Cantor and his Set Theory. The task Wallace (author of the bestseller Infinite Jest and other fiction) has set himself is enormously challenging: without radically compromising the complexity of the philosophy, metaphysics, or mathematics that underlies the evolving concept of infinity, present the material to a lay audience in a manner that is entertaining. To propel his narrative, Wallace even develops a style that mirrors the mathematical language he probes. One difficulty in his focus on concepts and not a strict human chronology, though, is that his structure is dependent on frequent digressions (especially early on). Patience is required. Wallace demands that his reader walk through the equations, study the graphs and charts, and relearn college-level concepts to follow along on the exploration. Indeed, after one wrenching dip into Zenos paradoxes, Wallace spouts at his imagined complaining audience: "Deal." But the book should be deemed a success. If one grants him the attention he requires, Wallace has made the trip richly rewarding. --Patrick OKelley [via]
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problemby Amir D. AczelISBN 1568580770 (1-56858-077-0)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem'Book summary:Born in 1601, Pierre de Fermat lived a quiet life as a civil servant in Toulouse, France. In his spare time, however, Fermat dabbled in mathematics, and somehow managed to become one of the great mathematical theorists of his century. Around 1637 he scribbled a marginal note in one of his books. In it, he stated that he had solved a celebrated number theory problem: "I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which, however, the margin is not large enough to contain."
If only the margin had been wider! For more than 300 years, mathematicians labored to crack the secret of Fermat's Last Theorem, without any success. Finally, in 1995, a Princeton-based mathematician named Andrew Wiles solved the riddle. Amir Aczel's account of this brainteaser and its solution is an irresistible read. And for mathematical dolts--like myself, for instance--it includes a concise, profusely illustrated history of mathematical theory from the Bronze Age to our own fin-de-siecle. [via]
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A First Course in Abstract Algebraby John B. Fraleigh, Victor J. KatzISBN 0201763907 (0-201-76390-7)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A First Course in Abstract Algebra'Book summary:Considered a classic by many, A First Course in Abstract Algebra is an in-depth, introduction to abstract algebra. Focused on groups, rings and fields, this text gives students a firm foundation for more specialized work by emphasizing an understanding of the nature of algebraic structures. The sixth edition of this text continues the tradition of teaching in a classical manner while integrating field theory and a revised Chapter Zero. New exercises were written, and previous exercises were revised and modified. [via]
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- A First Course in Abstract Algebra: ISBN 0201019841 (0-201-01984-1)
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Hardcover, Addison-Wesley Pub Co - A First Course in Abstract Algebra: ISBN 0201168472 (0-201-16847-2)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley Pub Co - A First Course in Abstract Algebra: ISBN 0201335964 (0-201-33596-4)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley - A First Course in Abstract Algebra: ISBN 0201534673 (0-201-53467-3)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley - A First Course in Abstract Algebra: ISBN 0201763907 (0-201-76390-7)
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- A First Course in Abstract Algebra: ISBN 0201019841 (0-201-01984-1)
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The Foundations of Mathematicsby Ian Stewart, David TallISBN 0198531656 (0-19-853165-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary Computer Technology That Is Changing Our Worldby Paul Freiberger, Daniel McNeillISBN 0671875353 (0-671-87535-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Fuzzy Logic/the Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology and How It Is Changing Our Worldby Paul Freiberger, Daniel McNeillISBN 0671738437 (0-671-73843-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Georg Cantor: His Mathematics and Philosophy of the Infiniteby Joseph Warren DaubenISBN 0691024472 (0-691-02447-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braidby Douglas R. HofstadterISBN 0465026567 (0-465-02656-7)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid'Book summary:Twenty years after it topped the bestseller charts, Douglas R. Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid is still something of a marvel. Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought and creativity, this book looks at the surprising points of contact between the music of Bach, the artwork of Escher, and the mathematics of Gödel. It also looks at the prospects for computers and artificial intelligence (AI) for mimicking human thought. For the general reader and the computer techie alike, this book still sets a standard for thinking about the future of computers and their relation to the way we think.
Hofstadter's great achievement in Gödel, Escher, Bach was making abstruse mathematical topics (like undecidability, recursion, and 'strange loops') accessible and remarkably entertaining. Borrowing a page from Lewis Carroll (who might well have been a fan of this book), each chapter presents dialogue between the Tortoise and Achilles, as well as other characters who dramatize concepts discussed later in more detail. Allusions to Bach's music (centering on his Musical Offering) and Escher's continually paradoxical artwork are plentiful here. This more approachable material lets the author delve into serious number theory (concentrating on the ramifications of Gödel's Theorem of Incompleteness) while stopping along the way to ponder the work of a host of other mathematicians, artists, and thinkers.
The world has moved on since 1979, of course. The book predicted that computers probably won't ever beat humans in chess, though Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in 1997. And the vinyl record, which serves for some of Hofstadter's best analogies, is now left to collectors. Sections on recursion and the graphs of certain functions from physics look tantalizing, like the fractals of recent chaos theory. And AI has moved on, of course, with mixed results. Yet Gödel, Escher, Bach remains a remarkable achievement. Its intellectual range and ability to let us visualize difficult mathematical concepts help make it one of this century's best for anyone who's interested in computers and their potential for real intelligence. --Richard Dragan
Topics Covered: J.S. Bach, M.C. Escher, Kurt Gödel: biographical information and work, artificial intelligence (AI) history and theories, strange loops and tangled hierarchies, formal and informal systems, number theory, form in mathematics, figure and ground, consistency, completeness, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, recursive structures, theories of meaning, propositional calculus, typographical number theory, Zen and mathematics, levels of description and computers; theory of mind: neurons, minds and thoughts; undecidability; self-reference and self-representation; Turing test for machine intelligence. [via]
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The Higher Infinite: Large Cardinals in Set Theory from Their Beginningsby Akihiro KanamoriISBN 3540003843 (3-540-00384-3)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms: An Introduction to Computational Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebraby John B. Little, Donal O'Shea, David A. CoxISBN 354097847X (3-540-97847-X)
Hardcover, Springer-Verlag
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Infinity and the Mindby Rudy RuckerISBN 0691121273 (0-691-12127-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Infinity And The Mind: The Science And Philosophy Of The Infinite'Book summary:A study of infinity in all its forms and its implications for the human mind. Within the realm of "Mindscape", part of a universe, the book shows that mathematics, science, and logic merge with the fantastic, and so much is revealed about the powers of the mind and its limitations. [via]
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- Infinity and the Mind: ISBN 0553255312 (0-553-25531-2)
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Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr - Infinity and the Mind: ISBN 3764330341 (3-7643-3034-1)
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An Introduction to Matrices, Sets and Groups for Science Studentsby G. StephensonISBN 0486650774 (0-486-65077-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theoryby Keith DevlinISBN 0387940944 (0-387-94094-4)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory'Book summary:This text covers the parts of contemporary set theory relevant to other areas of pure mathematics. After a review of "naïve" set theory, it develops the Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of the theory before discussing the ordinal and cardinal numbers. It then delves into contemporary set theory, covering such topics as the Borel hierarchy and Lebesgue measure. A final chapter presents an alternative conception of set theory useful in computer science. [via]
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Lectures in Logic and Set Theory: Mathematical Logicby George TourlakisISBN 0521753732 (0-521-75373-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Lectures in Logic and Set Theory: Set Theoryby George J. TourlakisISBN 0521753740 (0-521-75374-0)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Logic Sets and Recursionby Robert L. CauseyISBN 0763737844 (0-7637-3784-4)
Hardcover, Jones & Bartlett Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Logic, Sets And Recursion'Book summary:Logic, Sets, and Recursion, Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to logic, the basic ideas of set theory, and mathematical induction at the undergraduate level. This text paves the way for students preparing to enter more advanced math courses, furnishing them with the experience to construct rigorous proofs with ease. It is intended to fill the gap between advanced mathematical logic texts and discrete mathematics texts that do not treat logic with the depth required in modern computer science. The Second Edition has incorporated a wealth of exercise sets to aid in students' retention and understanding of material presented in the text. [via]
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Math Structures for Computer Scienceby Judith L. GerstingISBN 0716783061 (0-7167-8306-1)
Hardcover, College Board, The
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Math-Terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solvingby Greg Tang, Greg PaprockiISBN 043944389X (0-439-44389-X)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Math-Terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving'Book summary:NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Greg Tang challenges kids to solve problems creatively while introducing art history.[via]
In his most ground-breaking book since THE BEST OF TIMES (Fall 2002), Greg Tang underscores the importance of four basic rules in problem-solving. Keeping an open mind, looking for unusual number combinations, using multiple skills (like subtracting to add) and looking for patterns, will guarantee any child success in math. In MATH-TERPIECES, Tang continues to challenge kids with his innovative approach to math, and uses art history to expand his vision for creative problem-solving.More editions of Math-Terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving:
The Mathematical Experienceby Philip J. Davis, Reuben HershISBN 0395929687 (0-395-92968-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mathematical Experience'Book summary:We tend to think of mathematics as uniquely rigorous, and of mathematicians as supremely smart. In his introduction to The Mathematical Experience, Gian-Carlo Rota notes that instead, "a mathematician's work is mostly a tangle of guesswork, analogy, wishful thinking and frustration, and proof ... is more often than not a way of making sure that our minds are not playing tricks." Philip Davis and Reuben Hersh discuss everything from the nature of proof to the Euclid myth, and mathematical aesthetics to non-Cantorian set theory. They make a convincing case for the idea that mathematics is not about eternal reality, but comprises "true facts about imaginary objects" and belongs among the human sciences. [via]
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- The Mathematical Experience: ISBN 0817637397 (0-8176-3739-7)
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Softcover, Penguin USA - The Mathematical Experience: ISBN 039532131X (0-395-32131-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Mathematical Experience: ISBN 0395321573 (0-395-32157-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Mathematical Experience: ISBN 376433018X (3-7643-3018-X)
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Mathematical Ideasby Miller, E. John Hornsby, Vern E. HeerenISBN 0673388298 (0-673-38829-8)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Mathematical Logicby Willard QuineISBN 0674554515 (0-674-55451-5)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Mathematical Methods in Linguisticsby Barbara H. Partee, Alice G. Ter Meulen, Robert WallISBN 9027722455 (90-277-2245-5)
Softcover, Springer London, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mathematical Methods in Linguistics'Book summary:Elementary set theory accustoms the students to mathematical abstraction, includes the standard constructions of relations, functions, and orderings, and leads to a discussion of the various orders of infinity. The material on logic covers not only the standard statement logic and first-order predicate logic but includes an introduction to formal systems, axiomatization, and model theory. The section on algebra is presented with an emphasis on lattices as well as Boolean and Heyting algebras. Background for recent research in natural language semantics includes sections on lambda-abstraction and generalized quantifiers. Chapters on automata theory and formal languages contain a discussion of languages between context-free and context-sensitive and form the background for much current work in syntactic theory and computational linguistics. The many exercises not only reinforce basic skills but offer an entry to linguistic applications of mathematical concepts. For upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students in theoretical linguistics, computer-science students with interests in computational linguistics, logic programming and artificial intelligence, mathematicians and logicians with interests in linguistics and the semantics of natural language. [via]
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Mathematical Structures for Computer Scienceby Judith L. GerstingISBN 0716743582 (0-7167-4358-2)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Mathematical Structures for Computer Science: A Modern Approach to Discrete Mathematicsby Judith L. GerstingISBN 071676864X (0-7167-6864-X)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Matrices and Linear Algebraby Hans Schneider, George Phillip BarkerISBN 0486660141 (0-486-66014-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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More, Fewer, Lessby Tana HobanISBN 0688156932 (0-688-15693-2)
Hardcover, Greenwillow
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The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinityby Amir D. AczelISBN 156858105X (1-56858-105-X)
Hardcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Naive Set Theoryby P.R. HalmosISBN 0387900926 (0-387-90092-6)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Non-Newtonian Calculusby Robert Katz, Michael GrossmanISBN 0912938013 (0-912938-01-3)
Hardcover, Lee Press
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Parts of Classesby David K. LewisISBN 063117656X (0-631-17656-X)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradiseby Mary TilesISBN 0486435202 (0-486-43520-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Set Theory and Related Topicsby Seymour LipschutzISBN 0070381593 (0-07-038159-3)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Selected Works of Giuseppe Peanoby Giuseppe Peano, Hubert C. KennedyISBN 0802052673 (0-8020-5267-3)
Hardcover, University of Toronto Press
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Set Theoryby Thomas J. JechISBN 3540440852 (3-540-44085-2)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Set Theory'Book summary:Set Theory has experienced a rapid development in recent years, with major advances in forcing, inner models, large cardinals and descriptive set theory. The present book covers each of these areas, giving the reader an understanding of the ideas involved. It can be used for introductory students and is broad and deep enough to bring the reader near the boundaries of current research. Students and researchers in the field will find the book invaluable both as a study material and as a desktop reference. TOCI. Basic Set Theory.- Axioms of Set Theory.- Ordinal Numbers.- Cardinal Numbers.- Real Numbers.- The Axiom of Choice and Cardinal Arithmetic.- The Axiom of Regularity.- Filters, Ultrafilters and Boolean Algebras.- Stationary Sets.- Combinatorial Set Theory.- Measurable Cardinals.- Borel and Analytic Sets.- Models of Set Theory.- II. Advanced Set Theory.- Constructible Sets.- Forcing.- Applications of Forcing.- Iterated Forcing and Martin's Axiom.- Large Cardinals.- Large Cardinals and L.- Iterated Ultrapowers and LÄUÜ.- Very Large Cardinals.- Large Cardinals and Forcing.- Saturated Ideals.- The Nonstationary Ideal.- The Singular Cardinal Problem.- Descriptive Set Theory.- The Real Line.- III. Selected Topics.- Combinatorial Principles in L.- More Applications of Forcing.- More Combinatorial Set Theory.- Complete Boolean Algebras.- Proper Forcing.- More Descriptive Set Theory.- Determinacy.- Supercompact Cardinals and the Real Line.- Inner Models for Large Cadinals.- Forcing and Large Cardinals.- Martin's Maximum.- More on Stationary Sets.- Bibliography.- Notation.- Index.- Name Index. [via]
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Set Theory and Its Logicby W.V. QuineISBN 0674802071 (0-674-80207-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Set Theory and Its Logic'Book summary:This is an extensively revised edition of Mr. Quine's introduction to abstract set theory and to various axiomatic systematizations of the subject. The treatment of ordinal numbers has been strengthened and much simplified, especially in the theory of transfinite recursions, by adding an axiom and reworking the proofs. Infinite cardinals are treated anew in clearer and fuller terms than before.
Improvements have been made all through the book; in various instances a proof has been shortened, a theorem strengthened, a space-saving lemma inserted, an obscurity clarified, an error corrected, a historical omission supplied, or a new event noted.
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Set Theory and Its Philosophy: A Critical Introductionby Michael PotterISBN 0199270414 (0-19-927041-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Set Theory and Logicby Robert R StollISBN 0486638294 (0-486-63829-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Set Theory and Logic'Book summary:"The best introductory text we have seen." Cosmos. Lucidly and gradually explains sets and relations, the natural number sequence and its generalization, extension of natural numbers to real numbers, logic, informal axiomatic mathematics, Boolean algebras, informal axiomatic set theory, several algebraic theories, and 1st-order theories. Its clarity makes this book excellent for self-study.[via]More editions of Set Theory and Logic:
Set Theory for the Working Mathematicianby Krzysztof Ciesielski, C. M. Series, J. W. BruceISBN 0521594650 (0-521-59465-0)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Set Theory, Logic and Their Limitationsby Moshe MachoverISBN 0521479983 (0-521-47998-3)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Set Theory, Logic and Their Limitations'Book summary:In this introduction to set theory and logic, the author discusses first order logic, and gives a rigorous axiomatic presentation of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. He includes many methodological remarks and explanations, and demonstrates how the basic concepts of mathematics can be reduced to set theory. He explains concepts and results of recursion theory in intuitive terms, and reaches the limitative results of Skolem, Tarski, Church and Gödel (the celebrated incompleteness theorems). For students of mathematics and philosophy, this book provides an excellent introduction to logic and set theory. [via]
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Sets for Mathematicsby F.W. Lawvere, Robert RosebrughISBN 0521010608 (0-521-01060-8)
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Sets: Sorting into Groupsby Michele KoomenISBN 0736808221 (0-7368-0822-1)
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Sets, Logic and Categoriesby Peter J. CameronISBN 1852330562 (1-85233-056-2)
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Sheaves in Geometry and Logic: A First Introduction to Topos Theoryby S. Mac Lane, Ieke MoerdijkISBN 3540977104 (3-540-97710-4)
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Technical Methods in Philosophyby John L. PollockISBN 0813378729 (0-8133-7872-9)
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Theory of Setsby E. KamkeISBN 0486601412 (0-486-60141-2)
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A Transition To Advanced Mathematicsby Douglas Smith, Maurice Eggen, Richard St. AndreISBN 0534399002 (0-534-39900-2)
Hardcover, Brooks/Cole Pub Co
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Understanding the Infiniteby Shaughan LavineISBN 0674921178 (0-674-92117-8)
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Vicious Circles: On the Mathematics of Non-Wellfounded Phenomenaby Jon Barwise, Lawrence MossISBN 1575860082 (1-57586-008-2)
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Where Mathematics Comes from: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Beingby George Lakoff, Rafael E. NunezISBN 0465037712 (0-465-03771-2)
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Those willing to brave its rigors will find Where Mathematics Comes From rewarding and profoundly thought-provoking. The heart of the book wrestles with the important concept of infinity and tries to explain how our limited experience in a seemingly finite world can lead to such a crazy idea. The authors know their math and their cognitive theory. While those who want their abstractions to reflect the real world rather than merely the insides of their skulls will have trouble reading while rolling their eyes, most readers will take to the new conception of mathematical thinking as a satisfying, if challenging, solution. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Gdel, Escher, Bachby D.R. HofstadterISBN 8472234592 (84-7223-459-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gdel, Escher, Bach'Book summary:¿Puede un sistema comprenderse a sí mismo ? Si esta pregunta se refiere a la mente humana, entonces nos encontramos ante una cuestión clave del pensamiento científico. Y de la filosofía. Y del arte. Investigar este misterio es una aventura que recorre la matemática, la física, la biología, la psicología y, muy especialmente, el lenguaje. Douglas R. Hofstadter, joven y ya célebre científico, nos abre la puerta del enigma con la belleza y la alegría creadora de su estilo. Sorprendentes paralelismos ocultos entre los grabados de Escher y la música de Bach nos remiten a las paradojas clásicas de los antiguos griegos y a un teorema de la lógica matemática moderna que ha estremecido el pensamiento del siglo XX : el de Kurt Gödel. Todo lenguaje, todo sistema formal, todo programa de ordenador, todo proceso de pensamiento, llegan, tarde o temprano, a la situación límite de la autorreferencia : de querer expresarse sobre sí mismos. Surge entonces la emoción del infinito, como dos espejos enfrentados y obligados a reflejarse mutua e indefinidamente. Gödel, Escher, Bach: un Eterno y Grácil Bucle, es una obra de arte escrita por un sabio. Versa sobre los misterios del pensamiento e incluye, ella misma, sus propios misterios. / Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book applies Godel's seminal contribution to modern Twenty years after it topped the bestseller charts, Douglas R. Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid is still something of a marvel. Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought and creativity, this book looks at the surprising points of contact between the music of Bach, the artwork of Escher, and the mathematics of Gödel.mathematics to the study of the human mind and the development of artificial intelligence. [via]
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