chapter 2 companion and outline
This page contains companion resources and an outline for chapter 2 of the book An Introduction to Real-Time Computing for Mechanical Engineers, and it therefore lacks most of chapter 2’s contents. While some sections of the book are fully available on this site, many are not. Please consider purchasing a copy from the MIT Press.
Mathematical reasoning, logic, and set theory
In order to communicate mathematical ideas effectively, formal languages have been developed within which
logic, i.e. deductive (mathematical) reasoning, can proceed. Propositions are statements that can be either
true
The mathematical objects and operations about which most propositions are made are expressed in terms of set theory, which was introduced in section 1.2 and will be expanded upon in section 2.1. We can say that mathematical reasoning is comprised of mathematical objects and operations expressed in set theory and logic allows us to reason therewith.
Introduction to set theory
Logical connectives and quantifiers
Problems
Online resources for Chapter 2
No online resources.