Building Models by Games

by Wilfrid Hodges

This book introduces a general method for building infinite mathematical structures, and surveys its applications in algebra and model theory. The basic idea behind the method is to build a structure by a procedure with infinitely many steps, similar to a game between two players that goes on indefinitely. The approach is new and helps to simplify, motivate and unify a wide range of constructions that were previously carried out separately and by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521317169
• ISBN13: 9780521317160
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.