The Foundations of Mathematics

Download or read book The Foundations of Mathematics written by Thomas Q. Sibley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-07 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foundations of Mathematics provides a careful introduction to proofs in mathematics, along with basic concepts of logic, set theory and other broadly used areas of mathematics. The concepts are introduced in a pedagogically effective manner without compromising mathematical accuracy and completeness. Thus, in Part I students explore concepts before they use them in proofs. The exercises range from reading comprehension questions and many standard exercises to proving more challenging statements, formulating conjectures and critiquing a variety of false and questionable proofs. The discussion of metamathematics, including Gödel’s Theorems, and philosophy of mathematics provides an unusual and valuable addition compared to other similar texts