2024/25, Semester 1: Mathematical Logic (MATH33021)

Lecturers: Gareth O Jones and Marcus Tressl

This course is a 20 credits level 3 course and has a space on BlackBoard. The University page of this course may be found here but that page is often not up to date.

The course has a continuations at level 4 in the Model Theory module and provides valuable preparation for the modules Category Theory and Computation and Complexity.

Prerequisites and a Course Outline may be found here.

Excerpt of lecture notes and example sheets. Notes for the first week and accompanying example sheet. You will have to work through a comparable amount of material each week.

Please have a look at our warmup questions for the start of the course together with some general advice on what is expected from students on this module.

Talk on Mathematical Logic. Here is a one hour talk around mathematical logic intended for second year mathematics students in the Manchester Mathematics Society. The talk is not literally an outline of the course, but should give you an impression of what we are after.

Timetable and rooms. Please check your personal timetable for confirmation (this might need VPN).
  Monday 15.00-16.00: Lecture in Humanities Bridgeford Street G32
  Tuesday 16.00-17.00: Lecture in Humanities Bridgeford Street G6
  Thursday 10.00-11.00: Lecture in Humanities Bridgeford Street G6
  Thursday 16.00-17.00: Tutorial in Uni Place_1.218
  Friday 16.00-17.00: Tutorial in Simon_3.44A

Delivery. The course will be taught in classical form, i.e. through in person lectures (3 per week) as well as two tutorials per week. All lectures will be podcasted.

Weekly learning plans, study material and a discussion board may be accessed on the BlackBoard platform once the course has started.

Textbooks: Self contained notes will be provided. A variety of other sources is available online from the library (We recommend the books of Goldrei and Prestel-Delzell if you want to get a first impression): Assessment. There will be a final exam in January, worth 100% in the module. In weeks 4 and 10 there will be formative tests to provide feedback on progress and to prepare for the final exam.
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