Foundations of Constructive Mathematics: Metamathematical

Foundations of Constructive Mathematics: Metamathematical Studies (Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics)
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This book is about some recent work in a subject usually considered part of "logic" and the" foundations of mathematics", but also having close connecÂ tions with philosophy and computer science. Namely, the creation and study of "formal systems for constructive mathematics". The general organization of the book is described in the" User's Manual" which follows this introduction, and the contents of the book are described in more detail in the introductions to Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four. This introduction has a different purpose; it is intended to provide the reader with a general view of the subject. This requires, to begin with, an elucidation of both the concepts mentioned in the phrase, "formal systems for constructive mathematics". "ConÂ structive mathematics" refers to mathematics in which, when you prove that l a thing exists (having certain desired properties) you show how to find it. Proof by contradiction is the most common way of proving something exists without showing how to find it - one assumes that nothing exists with the desired properties, and derives a contradiction. It was only in the last two decades of the nineteenth century that mathematicians began to exploit this method of proof in ways that nobody had previously done; that was partly made possible by the creation and development of set theory by Georg Cantor and Richard Dedekind.
Country USA
Brand Springer
Manufacturer Springer
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber biography
ReleaseDate 2011-11-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783642689543

Country	USA
Brand	Springer
Manufacturer	Springer
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	biography
ReleaseDate	2011-11-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783642689543

Foundations of Constructive Mathematics: Metamathematical Studies (Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics)

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