Gödel's Doctoral Thesis, 1928-30: The Completeness of First-Order Logic

The work

AuthorsWilliam D. Brewer
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Typeincollection
Year2022
Citekeybrewer2022godel

Where it appeared

Published inKurt Gödel: The Genius of Metamathematics
PublisherSpringer
SeriesSpringer Biographies
Pages101--129

Settled

AbstractNo abstract: the chapter opens on narrative. Leaf 1 gives the chapter number '7', the title 'Gödel's Doctoral Thesis, 1928-30: The Completeness of First-Order Logic', and then the first sentence directly: 'The exact moment when Kurt Gödel decided on a thesis topic and began writing his dissertation is not known—nor is it known whether his mentor Hans Hahn or some other associate influenced his choice of thesis topic.' No abstract block, no summary; a chapter in a book of this kind carries neither. Established by reading the copy.

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@incollection{brewer2022godel,
  title        = {Gödel's Doctoral Thesis, 1928-30: The Completeness of First-Order Logic},
  author       = {William D. Brewer},
  year         = {2022},
  booktitle    = {Kurt Gödel: The Genius of Metamathematics},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  series       = {Springer Biographies},
  pages        = {101--129},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-11309-3_7},
}

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