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Logic as Algebra

Logic as Algebra

Logic as Algebra

Paul Halmos, Santa Clara University, California
Steven Givant, Mills College, California
November 1998
This item is not supplied by Cambridge University Press in your region. Please contact Mathematical Association of America for availability.
Paperback
9780883853276
AUD$79.05
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Paperback

    Here is an introduction to modern logic that differs from others by treating logic from an algebraic perspective. What this means is that notions and results from logic become much easier to understand when seen from a familiar standpoint of algebra. The presentation, written in the engaging and provocative style that is the hallmark of Paul Halmos, from whose course the book is taken, is aimed at a broad audience, students, teachers and amateurs in mathematics, philosophy, computer science, linguistics and engineering; they all have to get to grips with logic at some stage. All that is needed to understand the book is some basic acquaintance with algebra.

    • Halmos is extremely well known
    • Makes very easy reading
    • Covers topics that other treatments shy away from

    Product details

    November 1998
    Paperback
    9780883853276
    148 pages
    230 × 154 × 10 mm
    0.213kg
    This item is not supplied by Cambridge University Press in your region. Please contact Mathematical Association of America for availability.

    Table of Contents

    • 1. What is logic? 2. Propositional calculus
    • 3. Boolean algebra
    • 4. Boolean universal algebra
    • 5. Logic via algebra
    • 6. Lattices and infinite operations
    • 7. Monadic predicate calculus.
      Authors
    • Paul Halmos , Santa Clara University, California
    • Steven Givant , Mills College