The Life and Work of Leon Henkin Essays on His Contributions /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Manzano, María (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sain, Ildikó (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Alonso, Enrique (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.
• Σειρά: Studies in Universal Logic,
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Mathematical logic.; History.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

This is a comprehensive book on the life and works of Leon Henkin (1921–2006), an extraordinary scientist and excellent teacher whose writings became influential right from the beginning of his career with his doctoral thesis on “The completeness of formal systems” under the direction of Alonzo Chur...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Biographical Studies
• Leon Henkin
• Lessons from Leon
• Tracing back “Logic in Wonderland” to my work with Leon Henkin
• Henkin and the Suit
• A Fortuitous Year with Leon Henkin
• Leon Henkin and a Life of Service
• Part II Henkin‘s Contribution to XX Century Logic
• Leon Henkin and Cylindric Algebras
• A Bit of History Related to Logic Based on Equality
• Pairing Logical and Pedagogical Foundations for the Theory of Positive Rational Numbers. Henkin‘s unfinished work
• Leon Henkin the Reviewer
• Henkin‘s Theorem in Textbooks
• Henkin on Completeness
• Part III Extensions and Perspectives in Henkin‘s Work
• The Countable Henkin Principle
• Reflections on a Theorem of Henkin
• Henkin‘s Completeness Proof and Glivenko‘s Theorem
• From Classical to Fuzzy Type Theory
• The Henkin Sentence
• April the 19th
• Henkin and Hybrid Logic
• Changing a Semantics: Oportunism or Courage?
• Appendix Curriculum Vitae: Leon Henkin.