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- Authors:
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David Gries
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Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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Fred B. Schneider
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Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages N2-xvi
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 1-6
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 7-23
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 25-40
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 41-68
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 69-81
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 83-108
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 109-123
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 125-137
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 139-156
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 157-177
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 179-194
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 195-215
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 217-250
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 251-264
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 265-302
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 303-336
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 337-362
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 363-385
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- David Gries, Fred B. Schneider
Pages 387-421
About this book
This text attempts to change the way we teach logic to beginning students. Instead of teaching logic as a subject in isolation, we regard it as a basic tool and show how to use it. We strive to give students a skill in the propo sitional and predicate calculi and then to exercise that skill thoroughly in applications that arise in computer science and discrete mathematics. We are not logicians, but programming methodologists, and this text reflects that perspective. We are among the first generation of scientists who are more interested in using logic than in studying it. With this text, we hope to empower further generations of computer scientists and math ematicians to become serious users of logic. Logic is the glue Logic is the glue that binds together methods of reasoning, in all domains. The traditional proof methods -for example, proof by assumption, con tradiction, mutual implication, and induction- have their basis in formal logic. Thus, whether proofs are to be presented formally or informally, a study of logic can provide understanding.
Reviews
"This is a rather extraordinary book, and deserves to be read by everyone involved in computer science and - perhaps more importantly - software engineering. I recommend it highly... If the book is taken seriously, the rigor that it unfolds and the clarity of its concepts could have a significant impact on the way in which software is conceived and developed." - Peter G. Neumann