Surveys in Set Theory

By: Mathias, A. R.

Book Overview

This book comprises five expository articles and two research papers on topics of current interest in set theory and the foundations of mathematics. Articles by Baumgartner and Devlin introduce the reader to proper forcing. This is a development by Saharon Shelah of Cohen's method which has led to solutions of problems that resisted attack by forcing methods as originally developed in the 1960s. The article by Guaspari is an introduction to descriptive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521277337
• ISBN13: 9780521277334
• Release Date: November 1983
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"