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As a branch of mathematics, set theory is less than one hundred years old, yet it occupies a unique and critical position. Set-theoretic principles and methods pervade mathematics. Set-theoretic results have shaken the worlds of analysis, algebra, and topology. Simple questions about sets have split the mathematical community into hostile camps, and the romance of its infinite sets have charmed and challenged philosophers as nothing else in mathematics.
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Henle, J.M. (1986). Introduction. In: An Outline of Set Theory. Problem Books in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8680-3_1
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