This book presents a systematic, unified treatment of fixed points as they occur in Godels incompleteness proofs, recursion theory, combinatory logic, semantics, and metamathematics. Packed with instructive problems and solutions, the book offers an excellent introduction to the subject and highlig
Diagonalization and Self-Reference
β Scribed by Raymond M. Smullyan
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 415
- Series
- Oxford Logic Guides 27
- Category
- Library
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