Where is the Gödel-point hiding: Gentzen’s Consistency Proof of 1936 and His Representation of Constructive Ordinals

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Horská, Anna (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Logic.; Mathematical logic.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

This book explains the first published consistency proof of PA. It contains the original Gentzen's proof, but it uses modern terminology and examples to illustrate the essential notions. The author comments on Gentzen's steps which are supplemented with exact calculations and parts of form...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Preliminaries
• 3 Ordinal numbers
• 4 Consistency proof
• Index
• References.