Basic Set Theory

Author : Azriel Levy
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486150739
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Basic Set Theory written by Azriel Levy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although this book deals with basic set theory (in general, it stops short of areas where model-theoretic methods are used) on a rather advanced level, it does it at an unhurried pace. This enables the author to pay close attention to interesting and important aspects of the topic that might otherwise be skipped over. Written for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, the book is divided into two parts. The first covers pure set theory, including the basic notions, order and well-foundedness, cardinal numbers, the ordinals, and the axiom of choice and some of its consequences. The second part deals with applications and advanced topics, among them a review of point set topology, the real spaces, Boolean algebras, and infinite combinatorics and large cardinals. A helpful appendix deals with eliminability and conservation theorems, while numerous exercises supply additional information on the subject matter and help students test their grasp of the material. 1979 edition. 20 figures.

Author : Nikolai Konstantinovich Vereshchagin
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821827316
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Basic Set Theory written by Nikolai Konstantinovich Vereshchagin and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main notions of set theory (cardinals, ordinals, transfinite induction) are fundamental to all mathematicians, not only to those who specialize in mathematical logic or set-theoretic topology. Basic set theory is generally given a brief overview in courses on analysis, algebra, or topology, even though it is sufficiently important, interesting, and simple to merit its own leisurely treatment. This book provides just that: a leisurely exposition for a diversified audience. It is suitable for a broad range of readers, from undergraduate students to professional mathematicians who want to finally find out what transfinite induction is and why it is always replaced by Zorn's Lemma. The text introduces all main subjects of ``naive'' (nonaxiomatic) set theory: functions, cardinalities, ordered and well-ordered sets, transfinite induction and its applications, ordinals, and operations on ordinals. Included are discussions and proofs of the Cantor-Bernstein Theorem, Cantor's diagonal method, Zorn's Lemma, Zermelo's Theorem, and Hamel bases. With over 150 problems, the book is a complete and accessible introduction to the subject.

Author : Herbert B. Enderton
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080570429
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elements of Set Theory written by Herbert B. Enderton and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1977-05-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an introductory undergraduate textbook in set theory. In mathematics these days, essentially everything is a set. Some knowledge of set theory is necessary part of the background everyone needs for further study of mathematics. It is also possible to study set theory for its own interest--it is a subject with intruiging results anout simple objects. This book starts with material that nobody can do without. There is no end to what can be learned of set theory, but here is a beginning.

Author : Yiannis Moschovakis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475741537
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes on Set Theory written by Yiannis Moschovakis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What this book is about. The theory of sets is a vibrant, exciting math ematical theory, with its own basic notions, fundamental results and deep open problems, and with significant applications to other mathematical theories. At the same time, axiomatic set theory is often viewed as a foun dation ofmathematics: it is alleged that all mathematical objects are sets, and their properties can be derived from the relatively few and elegant axioms about sets. Nothing so simple-minded can be quite true, but there is little doubt that in standard, current mathematical practice, "making a notion precise" is essentially synonymous with "defining it in set theory. " Set theory is the official language of mathematics, just as mathematics is the official language of science. Like most authors of elementary, introductory books about sets, I have tried to do justice to both aspects of the subject. From straight set theory, these Notes cover the basic facts about "ab stract sets," including the Axiom of Choice, transfinite recursion, and car dinal and ordinal numbers. Somewhat less common is the inclusion of a chapter on "pointsets" which focuses on results of interest to analysts and introduces the reader to the Continuum Problem, central to set theory from the very beginning.

Author : James M. Henle
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461386802
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Outline of Set Theory written by James M. Henle and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed for use in a one semester problem-oriented course in undergraduate set theory. The combination of level and format is somewhat unusual and deserves an explanation. Normally, problem courses are offered to graduate students or selected undergraduates. I have found, however, that the experience is equally valuable to ordinary mathematics majors. I use a recent modification of R. L. Moore's famous method developed in recent years by D. W. Cohen [1]. Briefly, in this new approach, projects are assigned to groups of students each week. With all the necessary assistance from the instructor, the groups complete their projects, carefully write a short paper for their classmates, and then, in the single weekly class meeting, lecture on their results. While the em phasis is on the student, the instructor is available at every stage to assure success in the research, to explain and critique mathematical prose, and to coach the groups in clear mathematical presentation. The subject matter of set theory is peculiarly appropriate to this style of course. For much of the book the objects of study are familiar and while the theorems are significant and often deep, it is the methods and ideas that are most important. The necessity of rea soning about numbers and sets forces students to come to grips with the nature of proof, logic, and mathematics. In their research they experience the same dilemmas and uncertainties that faced the pio neers.

Author : Charles C Pinter
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486497089
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book of Set Theory written by Charles C Pinter and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This accessible approach to set theory for upper-level undergraduates poses rigorous but simple arguments. Each definition is accompanied by commentary that motivates and explains new concepts. A historical introduction is followed by discussions of classes and sets, functions, natural and cardinal numbers, the arithmetic of ordinal numbers, and related topics. 1971 edition with new material by the author"--

Author : Daniel W. Cunningham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107120322
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Set Theory written by Daniel W. Cunningham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set theory can be considered a unifying theory for mathematics. This book covers the fundamentals of the subject.

Author : Paul Halmos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781950217014
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Naive Set Theory written by Paul Halmos and published by . This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a prominent analyst Paul. R. Halmos, this book is the most famous, popular, and widely used textbook in the subject. The book is readable for its conciseness and clear explanation. This emended edition is with completely new typesetting and corrections. Asymmetry of the book cover is due to a formal display problem. Actual books are printed symmetrically. Please look at the paperback edition for the correct image. The free PDF file available on the publisher's website www.bowwowpress.org

Author : Robert R. Stoll
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486139646
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Set Theory and Logic written by Robert R. Stoll and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores sets and relations, the natural number sequence and its generalization, extension of natural numbers to real numbers, logic, informal axiomatic mathematics, Boolean algebras, informal axiomatic set theory, several algebraic theories, and 1st-order theories.

Author : Winfried Just
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821802666
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering Modern Set Theory: The basics written by Winfried Just and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to set theory for beginning graduate students who want to get a sound grounding in those aspects of set theory used extensively throughout other areas of mathematics. Topics covered include formal languages and models, the power and limitation of the Axiomatic Method, the Axiom of Choice, including the fascinating Banach-Tarski Paradox, applications of Zorn's Lemma, ordinal arithmetic, including transfinite induction, and cardinal arithmetic. The style of writing, more a dialogue with the reader than that of the Master indoctrinating the pupil, makes this also very suitable for self-study.