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Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory

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  1. Keith J. Devlin

    1. University of Lancaster, Lancaster, England

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Naive Set Theory

    • Keith J. Devlin
    Pages 1-34

  3. The Zermelo-Fraenkel Axioms

    • Keith J. Devlin
    Pages 35-80

  4. Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers

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    Pages 81-122

  5. Some Topics in Pure Set Theory

    • Keith J. Devlin
    Pages 123-148

  6. The Axiom of Constructibility

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    Pages 149-160

  7. Independence Proofs in Set Theory

    • Keith J. Devlin
    Pages 161-175

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 176-183
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About this book

This book is intended to provide an account of those parts of contemporary set theory which are of direct relevance to other areas of pure mathematics. The intended reader is either an advanced level undergraduate, or a beginning graduate student in mathematics, or else an accomplished mathematician who desires or needs a familiarity with modern set theory. The book is written in a fairly easy going style, with a minimum of formalism (a format characteristic of contemporary set theory) • In Chapter I the basic principles of set theory are developed in a "naive" tl manner. Here the notions of "set I II union " , "intersection", "power set" I "relation" I "function" etc. are defined and discussed. One assumption in writing this chapter has been that whereas the reader may have met all of these concepts before, and be familiar with their usage, he may not have considered the various notions as forming part of the continuous development of a pure subject (namely set theory) • Consequently, our development is at the same time rigorous and fast. Chapter II develops the theory of sets proper. Starting with the naive set theory of Chapter I, we begin by asking the question "What is a set?" Attempts to give a rLgorous answer lead naturally to the axioms of set theory introduced by Zermelo and Fraenkel, which is the system taken as basic in this book.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Lancaster, Lancaster, England

    Keith J. Devlin

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory

  • Authors: Keith J. Devlin

  • Series Title: Universitext

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0084-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-0084-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-5939

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-6675

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Topics: Mathematical Logic and Foundations

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