Schedule

This will be updated frequently during the semester.

Week    #       Day    Date Content Readings
        Background  
1 1 Wed Jan 5 Proof Types: Proof by cases, by contradiction, conditional. Contraposition.  
  2 Fri Jan 7 Definition by recursion. Mathematical induction.  
2 3 Wed Jan 12 Sets: Relations and functions. (Ch.0-1)
  4 Fri Jan 14 Denumerable and non-denumerable sets. Diagonalization. (Ch.2-3)
        Propositional Logic  
3 5 Wed Jan 19 Formulas. Induction on the degree of formulas (Prob. 1.9). Semantics. Ch.7, §1-5
  6 Fri Jan 21 Axiomatic calculus. Soundness. Cut Rule. Deduction Theorem. Ch.7, §6-7
4 7 Wed Jan 26 Structural rules: IE, reductio, PIP Ch.7, §8
  8 Fri Jan 28 Weak completeness. Hintikka sets. Ch.7, §9-10
5 9 Wed Feb 2 Maximal consistent sets. Strong completeness Ch.7, §11-13
        First-Order Logic  
  10 Fri Feb 4 Basic syntax. Mathematical structures. Basic semantics. Ch.8, §1-4
6 11 Wed Feb 9 BSD. Free and bound variables. Substitution in terms (Early course evals) Ch.8, §4-6
  12 Fri Feb 11 Substitution in formulas. First-order predicate calculus. Rules of instantiation Ch.8, §9-10
7 13 Wed Feb 16 Rules of generalization. Hintikka sets. Equivalence classes Ch.8, §7 and 10
  14 Fri Feb 18 Review session (Q&A).  
    Wed Feb 23 Study week  
    Fri Feb 25 Study week  
8 15 Wed Mar 2 Consistency. Maximal consistency. Henkin sets Ch.8, §11-12
  16 Fri Mar 4 Completeness Ch.8, §13
        Limitative Results  
9 17 Wed Mar 9 Elementary arithmetic. Theories. Isomorphisms Ch.10, §1-3
  18 Fri Mar 11 Skolem's Theorem. Representability. Arithmeticity Ch.10, §3-5
10 19 Wed Mar 16 Coding. Diagonal function Ch.10, §6
  20 Fri Mar 18 Tarski's Theorem. Axiomatizability Ch.10, §7-8
11 21 Wed Mar 23 Subtheories of arithmetic: Baby, junior, and finitely axiomatized Ch.10, §9-11
  22 Fri Mar 25 First-order Dedekind-Peano Arithmetic. Ch.10, §12-13
12 23 Wed Mar 30 Undecidability. Church's Theorem
Ch.10, §13
  24 Fri Apr 1 Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem Ch.10, §14
13 25 Wed Apr 6 Gödel's Second Incompleteness Theorem Ch.10, §15
  26 Fri Apr 8 (No class; review session, EDUC 338)  
        Final Exam  
  E Tue Apr 12 Final exam: 9-12am, EDUC 211  
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