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Model theory

Wilfrid Hodges

(Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications / edited by G.-C. Rota, v. 42)

Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Includes bibliographical references (p.716-754) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is an up-to-date and integrated introduction to model theory, designed to be used for graduate courses (for students who are familiar with first-order logic), and as a reference for more experienced logicians and mathematicians. Model theory is concerned with the notions of definition, interpretation and structure in a very general setting, and is applied to a wide variety of other areas such as set theory, geometry, algebra (in particular group theory), and computer science (e.g. logic programming and specification). Professor Hodges emphasises definability and methods of construction, and introduces the reader to advanced topics such as stability. He also provides the reader with much historical information and a full bibliography, enhancing the book's use as a reference.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. Language and Structure: 1. Naming of parts
  • 2. Classifying structures
  • 3. Structures that look alike
  • 4. Automorphisms
  • 5. Interpretations
  • Part II. Piecing Together a Structure: 6. The first order case
  • 7. The countable case
  • 8. The existential case
  • 9. The Horn case
  • Part III. Consequences of Compactness: 10. Saturation
  • 11. Combinatorial
  • 12. Expansions and categoricity
  • Examples
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA19405806
  • ISBN
    • 0521304423
  • LCCN
    91025082
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge [England] ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 772 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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