{"product_id":"reverse-mathematics-john-stillwell-9780691177175","title":"Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents reverse mathematics to a general mathematical audience for the first time. Reverse mathematics is a new field that answers some old questions. In the two thousand years that mathematicians have been deriving theorems from axioms, it has often been asked: which axioms are needed to prove a given theorem? Only in the last two hundred years have some of these questions been answered, and only in the last forty years has a systematic approach been developed. In \u003ci\u003eReverse Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e, John Stillwell gives a representative view of this field, emphasizing basic analysis--finding the \"right axioms\" to prove fundamental theorems--and giving a novel approach to logic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStillwell introduces reverse mathematics historically, describing the two developments that made reverse mathematics possible, both involving the idea of arithmetization. The first was the nineteenth-century project of arithmetizing analysis, which aimed to define all concepts of analysis in terms of natural numbers and sets of natural numbers. The second was the twentieth-century arithmetization of logic and computation. Thus arithmetic in some sense underlies analysis, logic, and computation. Reverse mathematics exploits this insight by viewing analysis as arithmetic extended by axioms about the existence of infinite sets. Remarkably, only a small number of axioms are needed for reverse mathematics, and, for each basic theorem of analysis, Stillwell finds the \"right axiom\" to prove it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy using a minimum of mathematical logic in a well-motivated way, \u003ci\u003eReverse Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e will engage advanced undergraduates and all mathematicians interested in the foundations of mathematics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Stillwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691177171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691177175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d","brand":"John Stillwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44131254239487,"sku":"9780691177175","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6af913c-be2f-4752-8fd4-d50994883de7.jpg?v=1687473833","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reverse-mathematics-john-stillwell-9780691177175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}