Use of language in mathematics

Keith J. Devlin
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Keith J. Devlin: University of Lancaster

Chapter Chapter 1 in Sets, Functions and Logic, 1981, pp 1-31 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It is probably impossible to formulate a precise definition of (contemporary) pure mathematics (except perhaps to say that it is what contemporary pure mathematicians do for a living!). But one thing is clear, in pure mathematics one is concerned with statements about mathematical objects.

Keywords: Natural Number; Real Root; Mathematical Object; Truth Table; Irrational Number (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-2967-9_1

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