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Diagonalization and Self-Reference
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The main purpose of this book is to present a unified treatment of fixed points as they occur in Gödel's incompleteness proofs, recursion theory, combinatory logic, semantics, and metamathematics. The book provides a survey of introductory material and a summary of recent research. The first chapters are of an introductory nature and consist mainly of exercises with solutions given to most of them.
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Abstract
The main purpose of this book is to present a unified treatment of fixed points as they occur in Gödel's incompleteness proofs, recursion theory, combinatory logic, semantics, and metamathematics.
The book provides a survey of introductory material and a summary of recent research.
The first chapters are of an introductory nature and consist mainly of exercises with solutions given to most of them.
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