What is Mathematics: Gödel's Theorem and Around
by Karlis Podnieks
Publisher: University of Latvia 2013
Number of pages: 239
Description:
Hyper-textbook for students in mathematical logic and foundations of mathematics. Contents: Platonism, intuition and the nature of mathematics; Axiomatic Set Theory; First Order Arithmetic; Hilbert's Tenth Problem; Incompleteness Theorems; Around Goedel's Theorem.
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