Logic: proofs and meaning (Ordinario)

Academic year 2026/2027
Lecturer Matteo Tesi

Examination procedure

Oral exam.

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge of logic is required.

Syllabus

Module 1

The notion of proof from a logical perspective: natural deduction and operational meaning of connectives.


Module 2

Introduction to proof theory: Gentzen systems and their properties. The problem of the consistency of arithmetic.

Bibliographical references

Module 1:

  • Course notes.
  • Further references will be given during the course.


Module 2:

  • Course notes.
  • A. Troelstra, H. Schwichtenberg, Basic Proof Theory, Cambridge University Press, 2000 (selected chapters).
  • Further references will be given during the course.