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Author Goranko, Valentin, author

Title Logic as a Tool : a Guide to Formal Logical Reasoning / Valentin Goranko
Edition 1st
Published Wiley, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (384 pages)
Contents Understanding propositional logic -- Deductive reasoning in propositional logic -- Understanding first-order logic -- Deductive reasoning in first-order logic -- Applications : mathematical proofs and automated reasoning -- Answers and solutions to selected exercises
Notes 1 Understanding Propositional Logic 9 1.1 Propositions and logical connectives. Truth-tables and tautologies. 9 1.2 Propositional logical consequence. Logically correct inferences 28 1.3 Logical equivalence. Negation normal form of propositional formulae. 39 1.4 Addendum: Inductive definitions. Structural induction and recursion 46 2 Deductive Reasoning in Propositional Logic 59 2.1 Deductive systems: an overview 59 2.2 Axiomatic systems for propositional logic 65 2.3 Semantic tableaux 72 2.4 Natural deduction 83 2.5 Normal forms. Propositional resolution. 92 2.6 Addendum: The Boolean satisfiability problem and NP-completeness. 101 2.7 Addendum: Completeness of the propositional deductive systems 104 3 Understanding First-order Logic 113 3.1 First-order structures and languages. Terms and formulae of first-order logic
114 3.2 Semantics of first-order logic 127 3.3 Basic grammar and use of first-order languages 143 3.4 Logical validity, consequence and equivalence in first-order logic 156 3.5 Syllogisms 173 4 Deductive Reasoning in First-order Logic 181 4.1 Axiomatic system for first-order logic 182 4.2 Semantic Tableaux for First-order Logic 190 4.3 Natural Deduction for first-order logic 204 4.4 Prenex and clausal normal forms 211 4.5 Resolution for first-order logic 218 4.6 Addendum: Soundness and completeness of the deductive systems for first-order logic 234 5 Applications: Mathematical Proofs and Automated Reasoning 245 5.1 Logical reasoning and mathematical proofs 246 5.2 Logical reasoning on sets,
Functions and relations 255 5.3 Mathematical induction and Peano Arithmetic 271 5.4 Applications: automated reasoning and logic programming 278 6 Answers and solutions to selected exercises 289 6.1 Answers and solutions: Section 1.1 289 6.2 Answers and solutions: Section 1.2 292 6.3 Answers and solutions: Section 1.3 294 6.4 Answers and solutions: Section 2.2 296 6.5 Answers and solutions: Section 2.3 298 6.6 Answers and solutions: Section 2.4 307 6.7 Answers and solutions: Section 2.5 312 6.8 Answers and solutions: Section 3.1 318 6.9 Answers and solutions: Section 3.2 321 6.10 Answers and solutions: Section 3.3 323 6.11 Answers and solutions: Section 3.4 325 6.12 Answers and solutions: Section 3.5 330 6.13 Answers and solutions: Section 4.1 331 6.14 Answers and solutions: Section 4.2 333 6.15 Answers and solutions: Section 4.3 350 6.16 Answers
And solutions: Section 4.4 352 6.17 Answers and solutions: Section 4.5 354 6.18 Answers and solutions: Section 5.1 363 6.19 Answers and solutions: Section 5.2 364 6.20 Answers and solutions: Section 5.3 368 6.21 Answers and solutions: Section 5.4 371
Subject Logic -- Textbooks
Logic
Genre/Form Electronic books
Textbooks
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781118880043
1118880048