Elliott Mendelson

BornMay 24, 1931

DiedMay 7, 2020 (aged 88)

EducationColumbia University (BA)
Cornell University (PhD)

OccupationProfessor of Mathematics

Elliott Mendelson
Born	(1931-05-24)May 24, 1931
Died	May 7, 2020(2020-05-07) (aged 88)
Education	Columbia University (BA) Cornell University (PhD)
Occupation	Professor of Mathematics
Employer	Queens College, City University of New York
Scientific career
Thesis	The Independence of the Axiom of Choice (1955)
Doctoral advisor	J. Barkley Rosser

Elliott Mendelson (May 24, 1931 – May 7, 2020) was an American logician. He was a professor of mathematics at Queens College of the City University of New York,^[1] and the Graduate Center, CUNY. He was Jr. Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 1956–58.^[2]

Mendelson earned his BA from Columbia University and PhD from Cornell University.^[3]

Mendelson taught mathematics at the college level for more than 30 years, and is the author of books on logic, philosophy of mathematics, calculus, game theory and mathematical analysis.

His Introduction to Mathematical Logic, first published in 1964, was reviewed by Dirk van Dalen who noted that it included "a large variety of subjects that should be part of the education of any mathematics student with an interest in foundational matters."^[4]

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 978-0-486-45792-5.
— (2008). Schaum's Outline of Beginning Calculus (paperback). Schaum's Outlines (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill (published 2009). ISBN 978-0-07-163535-6.
— (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 978-0-07-178963-9.
— (2015). Introduction to Mathematical Logic (hardcover). Textbooks in Mathematics (6th ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group (A Chapman & Hall Book). ISBN 978-1-4822-3772-6.

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 978-0-07-174582-6.
—; Frances R. Curcio (2012). Schaum's Outline of Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers (paperback). Schaum's Outlines. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-160047-7.

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 978-90-481-8406-4.

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