An Introduction to Independence for Analysts

by H.G. Dales, W. Hugh Woodin, W. H. Woodin

Forcing is a powerful tool from logic which is used to prove that certain propositions of mathematics are independent of the basic axioms of set theory, ZFC. This book explains clearly, to non-logicians, the technique of forcing and its connection with independence, and gives a full proof that a naturally arising and deep question of analysis is independent of ZFC. It provides an accessible account of this result, and it includes a discussion, of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521339960
• ISBN13: 9780521339964
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"