The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory

by Keith Devlin

Book Overview

This text covers the parts of contemporary set theory relevant to other areas of pure mathematics. After a review of "na ve" set theory, it develops the Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of the theory before discussing the ordinal and cardinal numbers. It then delves into contemporary set theory, covering such topics as the Borel hierarchy and Lebesgue measure. A final chapter presents an alternative conception of set theory useful in computer science.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387940944
• ISBN13: 9780387940946
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"