The Life and Work of Leon Henkin Essays on His Contributions

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

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 Chur...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Manzano, María (Editor), Sain, Ildikó (Editor), Alonso, Enrique (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Studies in Universal Logic,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Mathematical logic.
Mathematics.
History.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of 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.

Similar Items