A guide to classical and modern model theory
By: Annalisa Marcja, Carlo Toffalori.
Contributors: Toffalori, Carlo.
Series: Trends in logic -- v. 19.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Model theory
Description: Since its birth, Model Theory has been developing a number of methods and concepts that have their intrinsic relevance, but also provide fruitful and notable applications in various fields of Mathematics. It is a lively and fertile research area which deserves the attention of the mathematical world. This volume: -is easily accessible to young people and mathematicians unfamiliar with logic; -gives a terse historical picture of Model Theory; -introduces the latest developments in the area; -provides 'hands-on' proofs of elimination of quantifiers, elimination of imaginaries and other relevant matters. A Guide to Classical and Modern Model Theory is for trainees and professional model theorists, mathematicians working in Algebra and Geometry and young people with a basic knowledge of logic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-361) and index.