The Life and Work of Leon Henkin : Essays on His Contributions / edited by María Manzano, Ildikó Sain, Enrique Alonso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manzano, María, Editor.

Sain, Ildikó, Editor.

Alonso, Enrique, Editor.

Series:

Studies in Universal Logic, 2297-0282

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Henkin, Leon.

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.

Mathematics.

History.

Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

History of Mathematical Sciences.

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Local Subjects:

Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

History of Mathematical Sciences.

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a comprehensive book on the life and works of Leon Henkin (1921–2006), an extraordinary scientist and excellent teacher whose writings became influential right from the beginning of his career with his doctoral thesis on “The completeness of formal systems” under the direction of Alonzo Church. Upon the invitation of Alfred Tarski, Henkin joined the Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California Berkeley in 1953. He stayed with the group until his retirement in 1991. This edited volume includes both foundational material and a logic perspective. Algebraic logic, model theory, type theory, completeness theorems, philosophical and foundational studies are among the topics covered, as well as mathematical education. The work discusses Henkin’s intellectual development, his relation to his predecessors and contemporaries, and his impact on the recent development of mathematical logic. It offers a valuable reference work for researchers and students in the fields of philosophy, mathematics and computer science.

Contents:

Part I Biographical Studies

Leon Henkin

Lessons from Leon

Tracing back “Logic in Wonderland” to my work with Leon Henkin

Henkin and the Suit

A Fortuitous Year with Leon Henkin

Leon Henkin and a Life of Service

Part II Henkin‘s Contribution to XX Century Logic

Leon Henkin and Cylindric Algebras

A Bit of History Related to Logic Based on Equality

Pairing Logical and Pedagogical Foundations for the Theory of Positive Rational Numbers. Henkin‘s unfinished work

Leon Henkin the Reviewer

Henkin‘s Theorem in Textbooks

Henkin on Completeness

Part III Extensions and Perspectives in Henkin‘s Work

The Countable Henkin Principle

Reflections on a Theorem of Henkin

Henkin‘s Completeness Proof and Glivenko‘s Theorem

From Classical to Fuzzy Type Theory

The Henkin Sentence

April the 19th

Henkin and Hybrid Logic

Changing a Semantics: Oportunism or Courage?

Appendix Curriculum Vitae: Leon Henkin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

ISBN:

3-319-09719-9

OCLC:

894508977