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person1921-2006

Leon Henkin

Disciplines:
logic
philosophy of mathematics

Summary

Same entity as Leon A. Henkin (ID 252) — American logician who proved completeness of first-order logic via the Henkin construction.

Core Contribution

See Leon A. Henkin (ID 252).

Notable Works & Achievements

The Completeness of the First-Order Functional Calculus

Historical Influences

Kurt Gödel Alonzo Church

Intellectual Lineage

Mathematical Logic

Contemporaries & Peers

Alfred Tarski

Minds Influenced

Model Theory

Intellectual Posterity

Henkin Construction

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