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MATH 447 (Introduction to Mathematical Logic)


DESCRIPTION This course provided an introduction to predicate logic and beginning model theory. THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED: students are advised to consider instead one of the logic courses MATH 445, MATH 450 or MATH 712.
PREREQUISITES Math 403 or Math 410 or Math 446 or consent of the instructor.
TOPICS Among the topics covered are defining the concept of a proof, automated theorem proving, formal languages, satisfaction Gödel's Completeness Theorem, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, and the definition and equivalent formulations of the concept of recursive functions.
TEXT A Mathematical Introduction to Logic by H. B. Enderton or
Computability and Logic by G. Boolos and R. Jeffrey