Model Theory
by C. Ward Henson
Publisher: University of South Carolina 2010
Number of pages: 122
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The purpose of this text is to give a thorough introduction to the methods of model theory for first order logic. Model theory is the branch of logic that deals with mathematical structures and the formal languages they interpret.
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