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Recursion theory for metamathematics

Pages
163
Published
1993
Language
English

Synopsis

"This work is a sequel to the author's Godel's Incompleteness Theorems, though it can be read independently by anyone familiar with Godel's incompleteness theorem for Peano arithmetic. The book deals mainly with those aspects of recursion theory that have applications to the metamathematics of incompleteness, undecidability, and related topics. It is both an introduction to the theory and a presentation of new results in the field"--Publisher's description.

About the author

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Raymond M. Smullyan

Raymond Merrill Smullyan was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, his first career was stage magic. He earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1959. He is one of many logicians to have studied with Alonzo Church. Source: [Ramon Smullyan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Smullyan) on Wikipedia.