mathematical logic

Questions about mathematical logic

What does mathematical logic mean?

mathematical logic means "any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity".

What is another word for mathematical logic?

Close synonyms include symbolic logic, formal logic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mathematical logic a common word?

mathematical logic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.