Jouko Väänänen

Models and Games

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This gentle introduction to logic and model theory is based on a systematic use of three important games in logic: the semantic game; the Ehrenfeucht-Fraïssé game; and the model existence game. The third game has not been isolated in the literature before but it underlies the concepts of Beth tableaux and consistency properties. Jouko Väänänen shows that these games are closely related and in turn govern the three interrelated concepts of logic: truth, elementary equivalence and proof. All three methods are developed not only for first order logic but also for infinitary logic and generalized quantifiers. Along the way, the author also proves completeness theorems for many logics, including the cofinality quantifier logic of Shelah, a fully compact extension of first order logic. With over 500 exercises this book is ideal for graduate courses, covering the basic material as well as more advanced applications.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 132
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9780521518123
• ISBN-10: 0521518121
• Artikelnr.: 32708077

Autorenporträt

Jouko Väänänen is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Helsinki, and a Professor of Mathematical Logic and Foundations of Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Preliminaries and notation; 3. Games; 4. Graphs; 5. Models; 6. First order logic; 7. Infinitary logic; 8. Model theory of infinitary logic; 9. Stronger infinitary logics; 10. Generalized quantifiers; References; Index.

Rezensionen

'The book can be used for reference purposes, as well as for teaching and self-study at the graduate level. It is a welcome addition to the literature on game-theoretic model theory.' Daniele Mundici, Zentralblatt MATH