Modal Logic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198537793)

For a novice this book is a mathematically-oriented introduction to modal logic, the discipline within mathematical logic studying mathematical models of reasoning which involve various kinds of modal operators. It starts with very fundamental concepts and gradually proceeds to the front line of current research, introducing in full details the modern semantic and algebraic apparatus and covering practically all classical results in the field. It contains both numerous exercises and open problems, and presupposes only minimal knowledge in mathematics. A specialist can use the book as a source of references. Results and methods of many directions in propositional modal logic, from completeness and duality to algorithmic problems, are collected and systematically presented in one volume.

Author: Alexander Chagrov, Michael Zakharyaschev
ISBN-10: 0198537794
ISBN-13: 9780198537793
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 06/19/1997
Pages: 620
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d