A Course in Model Theory : an Introduction to Contemporary Mathematical Logic /

This book, translated from the French, is an introduction to first-order model theory. The first six chapters are very basic: starting from scratch, they quickly reach the essential, namely, the back-and-forth method and compactness, which are illustrated with examples taken from algebra. The next c...

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Main Author: Poizat, Bruno
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2000.
Series:Universitext,
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Summary:This book, translated from the French, is an introduction to first-order model theory. The first six chapters are very basic: starting from scratch, they quickly reach the essential, namely, the back-and-forth method and compactness, which are illustrated with examples taken from algebra. The next chapter introduces logic via the study of the models of arithmetic, and the following is a combinatorial tool-box preparing for the chapters on saturated and prime models. The last ten chapters form a rather complete but nevertheless accessible exposition of stability theory, which is the core of the subject.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxi, 443 pages)
ISBN:9781441986221 (electronic bk.)
1441986227 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0172-5939