61711 - Mathematical Logic 2 (2017/2018)

General information

61711 - Mathematical Logic 2 (Log2, 8 CFU), first semester, years: 1°, 2° LM.

Course content

a) A proof of Gödel’s incompleteness theorem: computability and the theory of recursive functions, proof of the incompleteness theorem with an analysis of its consequences.

b) Mathematical proofs and formal proofs. Introduction to proof-theory. Gentzen’s natural deduction and the sequent calculus. The normalization theorem and the cut-elimination theorem.

c) Foundations revisited and analysis of the relevance for the teaching of mathematics.

Language

English

Teacher

Giuseppe Rosolini

Teaching style

In presence

Attendance

Not required