Elliott Mendelson

Elliott Mendelson (born 1931) is an American logician. He was a professor of mathematics at Queens College of the City University of New York,^[1] and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was Jr. Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 1956-58. He taught mathematics at the college level for more than 30 years. He is the author of numerous books on logic, philosophy of mathematics, calculus, and mathematical analysis.

Works

Books

Sole author

• Mendelson, Elliot (1970). Schaum's Outline of Boolean Algebra and Switching Circuits (paperback). Schaum's Outlines. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-041460-2. 
• — (1988). 3000 Solved Problems in Calculus (paperback). Schaum's Solved Problems Series. New York: McGraw-Hill (published 2009). ISBN 0-07-163534-3. 
• — (2004). Introducing Game Theory and its Applications (hardcover). Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications. Boca Raton: Chapman and Hall/CRC. ISBN 1-58488-300-6. 
• — (2008) [1973]. Number Systems and the Foundations of Analysis (paperback, reprint). New York: Dover. ISBN 0-486-45792-3. 
• — (2008). Schaum's Outline of Beginning Calculus (paperback). Schaum's Outlines (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill (published 2009). ISBN 0-07-163535-1. 
• — (2009). Introduction to Mathematical Logic (hardcover). Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications (5th ed.). Boca Raton: Chapman and Hall/CRC. ISBN 1-58488-876-8. 
• — (2012). McGraw-Hill's 500 College Calculus Questions to Know by Test Day (paperback). McGraw-Hill's 500 College Questions to Know by Test Day. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-178963-4. 

Co-author

• Mendelson, Elliot; Frank Ayres, Jr. (1990). Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Differential and Integral Calculus (paperback). Schaum's Outlines (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-002662-9. 
• —; Frank Ayres, Jr (1999). Schaum's Outline of Calculus (paperback). Schaum's Outlines (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-150861-9. 
• —; Frank Ayres, Jr (2010). Schaum's Easy Outline of Calculus (paperback). Schaum's Easy Outlines (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-174582-3. 
• —; Frances R. Curcio (2012). Schaum's Outline of Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers (paperback). Schaum's Outlines. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-160047-7. 

Editor

• Leblanc, Hugues; Mendelson, Elliot; Orenstein, Alex, eds. (2010). Foundations: Logic, Language, and Mathematics (paperback). City College Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel. ISBN 90-481-8406-1. 

Journal articles

• P. C. Gilmore, Donald A. Martin & Elliott Mendelson (1975). Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic. Journal of Symbolic Logic 40 (2):299-304.
• Hugues Leblanc, Elliott Mendelson & Alex Orenstein (1984). Preface. Synthese 60 (1).
• Elliott Mendelson (2005). Book Review: Igor Lavrov, Larisa Maksimova, Problems in Set Theory, Mathematical Logic and the Theory of Algorithms, Edited by Giovanna Corsi, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 2003, Us$141.00, Pp. XII + 282, ISBN 0-306-47712-2, Hardbound. Studia Logica 79 (3).
• Elliott Mendelson (2000). Critical Studies/Book Reviews. Philosophia Mathematica 8 (3).
• Elliott Mendelson (2007). Graham Oppy. Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity. Philosophia Mathematica 15 (3).
• Elliott Mendelson (1956). Some Proofs of Independence in Axiomatic Set Theory. Journal of Symbolic Logic 21 (3):291-303.
• Elliott Mendelson (1990). Second Thoughts About Church's Thesis and Mathematical Proofs. Journal of Philosophy 87 (5):225-233.
• Elliott Mendelson (1956). The Independence of a Weak Axiom of Choice. Journal of Symbolic Logic 21 (4):350-366.
• Sidney Morgenbesser & Elliott Mendelson (1966). Annual Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic. Journal of Symbolic Logic 31 (4):682-696.

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