Basic Library List: Math Assn of America Recommendations for Undergrad Libraries

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Here is a classic which is lacking: The Principia Mathematica (often abbreviated PM) is a three-volume work on the foundations of mathematics written by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell and published in 1910, 1912, and 1913. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia_Mathematica

Principia is indeed a classic, but the mathematical maturity required to follow that profoundly foundational approach is considerable. Even for professional mathematics (source: professors of mine who specialized in mathematical logic).

BLL includes several categories on logic, though, which include classics by Kleene, Curry, etc. For instance, "Foundations of mathematics" [1], "Philosophy of mathematics" [2], and "Model theory" [3]

[1] https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/browse?field_tags_tid=...

[2] https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/browse?field_tags_tid=...

[3] https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/browse?field_tags_tid=...

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