The Joy of Sets [[electronic resource] ] : Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory / / by Keith Devlin

• Autore: Devlin Keith J
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993
• Edizione: 2nd ed. 1993.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (X, 194 p.)
• Disciplina: 511.3
• Soggetto topico: Mathematical logic; Computer science - Mathematics; Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Math Applications in Computer Science
• Altri autori: DevlinKeith J
• Note generali: "With 11 illustrations."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1 Naive Set Theory -- 1.1 What is a Set? -- 1.2 Operations on Sets -- 1.3 Notation for Sets -- 1.4 Sets of Sets -- 1.5 Relations -- 1.6 Functions -- 1.7 Well-Or der ings and Ordinals -- 1.8 Problems -- 2 The Zermelo—Fraenkel Axioms -- 2.1 The Language of Set Theory -- 2.2 The Cumulative Hierarchy of Sets -- 2.3 The Zermelo—Fraenkel Axioms -- 2.4 Classes -- 2.5 Set Theory as an Axiomatic Theory -- 2.6 The Recursion Principle -- 2.7 The Axiom of Choice -- 2.8 Problems -- 3 Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers -- 3.1 Ordinal Numbers -- 3.2 Addition of Ordinals -- 3.3 Multiplication of Ordinals -- 3.4 Sequences of Ordinals -- 3.5 Ordinal Exponentiation -- 3.6 Cardinality, Cardinal Numbers -- 3.7 Arithmetic of Cardinal Numbers -- 3.8 Regular and Singular Cardinals -- 3.9 Cardinal Exponentiation -- 3.10 Inaccessible Cardinals -- 3.11 Problems -- 4 Topics in Pure Set Theory -- 4.1 The Borel Hierarchy -- 4.2 Closed Unbounded Sets -- 4.3 Stationary Sets and Regressive Functions -- 4.4 Trees -- 4.5 Extensions of Lebesgue Measure -- 4.6 A Result About the GCH -- 5 The Axiom of Constructibility -- 5.1 Constructible Sets -- 5.2 The Constructible Hierarchy -- 5.3 The Axiom of Constructibility -- 5.4 The Consistency of V = L -- 5.5 Use of the Axiom of Constructibility -- 6 Independence Proofs in Set Theory -- 6.1 Some Undecidable Statements -- 6.2 The Idea of a Boolean-Valued Universe -- 6.3 The Boolean-Valued Universe -- 6.4 VB and V -- 6.5 Boolean-Valued Sets and Independence Proofs -- 6.6 The Nonprovability of the CH -- 7 Non-Well-Founded Set Theory -- 7.1 Set-Membership Diagrams -- 7.2 The Anti-Foundation Axiom -- 7.3 The Solution Lemma -- 7.4 Inductive Definitions Under AFA -- 7.5 Graphs and Systems -- 7.6 Proof of the Solution Lemma -- 7.7 Co-Inductive Definitions -- 7.8 A Model of ZF- +AFA -- Glossary of Symbols.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides an account of those parts of contemporary set theory of direct relevance to other areas of pure mathematics. The intended reader is either an advanced-level mathematics undergraduate, a beginning graduate student in mathematics, or an accomplished mathematician who desires or needs some familiarity with modern set theory. The book is written in a fairly easy-going style, with minimal formalism. In Chapter 1, the basic principles of set theory are developed in a 'naive' manner. Here the notions of 'set', 'union', 'intersection', 'power set', 'rela­ tion', 'function', etc., are defined and discussed. One assumption in writing Chapter 1 has been that, whereas the reader may have met all of these 1 concepts before and be familiar with their usage, she may not have con­ sidered the various notions as forming part of the continuous development of a pure subject (namely, set theory). Consequently, the presentation is at the same time rigorous and fast.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Joy of Sets
• ISBN: 1-4612-0903-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789344403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, . 0172-6056