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J. Barkley Rosser
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ISBN: 0486468984
Page Count: 592
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Hailed by the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society as "undoubtedly a major addition to the literature of mathematical logic," this volume examines the essential topics and theorems of mathematical reasoning. No background in logic is assumed, and the examples are chosen from a variety of mathematical fields. 1978 edition.
Reprint of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1953 edition.

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