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Universal algebra, algebraic logic, and databases

Title
Universal algebra, algebraic logic, and databases / by B. Plotkin.
Author
Plotkin, B. I. (Boris Isaakovich)
Publication
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1994], ©1994.

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Description
xv, 438 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Mathematics and its applications ; v. 272
Uniform Title
  • Universalʹnai͡a algebra, algebraicheskai͡a logika i bazy dannykh. English
  • Mathematics and its applications (Kluwer Academic Publishers) ; v. 272.
Alternative Title
Universalʹnai͡a algebra, algebraicheskai͡a logika i bazy dannykh.
Subject
  • Algebra, Universal
  • Algebraic logic
  • Databases
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-433) and index.
Contents
0. General View on Objectives and Contents of the Book -- I. Universal Algebra. 1. Sets, Algebras, Models. 2. Fundamental Structures. 3. Categories. 4. The Category of Sets. Topoi. Fuzzy Sets. 5. Varieties of Algebras. Axiomatizable Classes. 6. Category Algebra and Algebraic Theories -- II. Algebraic Logic. 7. Boolean Algebras and Propositional Calculus. 8. Halmos Algebras and Predicate Calculus. 9. Specialized Halmos Algebras. 10. Connections with Model Theory. 11. The Categorial Approach to Algebraic Logic -- III. Databases - Algebraic Aspects. 12. Algebraic Model of a Database. 13. Equivalence and Reorganization of Databases. 14. Symmetries of Relations and Galois Theory of Databases. 15. Constructions in Database Theory -- 16. Discussion and Conclusion.
ISBN
0792326652 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
93044246
OCLC
  • 29518314
  • ocm29518314
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries