MATH 220B

Mathematical Logic

Mathematics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Fundamental methods and results in mathematical logic, using mathematical methods to reason about existence or nonexistence of proofs and computations in many different settings. Topics include compactness theorem, saturation of models, completeness and incompleteness theorems of Gödel, Turing computability and degrees of unsolvability, recursion in Baire space, Zermelo/Fraenkel axioms, universe of constructible sets, and related equiconsistency results in set theory.

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When it runs

Winter 2026
Winter 2027

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Requisites

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Requisite: course M114S.

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MATH M114S

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MATH 220B

MATH M114SIntroduction to Set Theory
- MATH 110AAlgebra
  - MATH 115ALinear Algebra
- MATH 131AAnalysis
  - MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables2 more beneath
  - MATH 33BDifferential Equations1 more beneath
- PHILOS 135Introduction to Metalogic

1 direct requisite. Showing 11 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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MATH 220B

MATH 223CTopics in Computability Theory
MATH 223DTopics in Descriptive Set Theory
MATH 223MTopics in Model Theory
MATH 223STopics in Set Theory

4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 4 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.