Foundations of Mathematics
by Stephen G. Simpson
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University 2008
Number of pages: 123
Description:
These are lecture notes for an introductory graduate-level course in foundations of mathematics. The topics covered are: computability, unsolvable problems, undecidability of the natural number system, decidability of the real number system, informal set theory, axiomatic set theory. This course is suitable for all mathematics graduate students.
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