Table of Contents

Introduction. Categorical Preliminaries. Infinite Language Categories. Functorial Fragment Model Theory. Algebraic Theories, Categories, and Models. Generic Functorial Models and Topos. Models, Sheaves, and Topos. Functors on Fields. Filters and Ultraproducts on Projective Sets. A Glimpse on Algebraic Set Theory. Index.

About the Author

Dr. Cyrus F. Nourani is a consultant in computing R&D and a research professor at Simon Fraser University. He has many years of experience in the design and implementation of computing systems and has authored/coauthored several books and over 350 publications in mathematics and computer science. He has also held faculty positions at numerous institutions, including the University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Auckland, UCLA, and MIT. His research interests include computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics, virtual haptic computation, information technology, and management.