Errata to "Logic for Mathematics and Computer Science"

Any errors in the book that I find, or that are brought to my attention, will be posted on this webpage.

Page 6: The Venn Diagram for the A statement in Figure 1.2.3 needs to be changed so that the entire region for P is unshaded.

Page 71: The first line after the truth table should read
... are true in lines 3,5,6,7,10,11,16 (and no ...

Page 180: The first item "10." should read
10. x(y(inv(y)inv(x)))=x(1inv(x)) [Courtesy of George Nelson, U. Iowa]

Page 253: The lines numbered 5,11,17-19,21-24,27-29,31,32 are not needed and can be deleted.

Page 327: The line numbered 8 should be:
(1 < y+z) \and \forall v ((( v |* (y+z) ) \implies (v = 1) \or (v = y+z)))

Page 337: In the last line, part (g) of Example 5.6.10, change "of length at most two" to read "of length two".

Page 349: In the second last line change the F to a G .

Page 360: In the 5th line change \neg r(ab) to \neg (rab) .

Page 401 (Appendix D): Modus Ponens is as defined on page 82 (and on page 83)

Page 401 (Appendix D): Soundness and Completeness are as in Definition 2.9.9 on page 85.

Page 408 (Appendix D): For a definition of see Definition 2.9.23 on page 93.

Last Updated: April 15 1998 Stanley Burris