Notes on Set Theory

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Springer Science & Business Media, 2006 M06 15 - 278 páginas

The axiomatic theory of sets is a vibrant part of pure mathematics, with its own basic notions, fundamental results, and deep open problems. It is also viewed as a foundation of mathematics so that "to make a notion precise" simply means "to define it in set theory." This book gives a solid introduction to "pure set theory" through transfinite recursion and the construction of the cumulative hierarchy of sets, and also attempts to explain how mathematical objects can be faithfully modeled within the universe of sets. In this new edition the author has added solutions to the exercises, and rearranged and reworked the text to improve the presentation.

 

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INTRODUCTION
1
EQUINUMEROSITY
7
PARADOXEs AND AXIOMS
19
ARE SETS ALL THERE Is?
33
Cardinal numbers 42 Structured sets 44 Problems for Chapter
45
Recursion Theorem 53 Addition and multiplication 58 Pigeonhole
67
Point Theorem 76 About topology 79 Graphs 82 Problems for Chapter 6
83
WELL ORDERED SETS
89
Analytic pointsets 141 Perfect Set Theorem 144 Borel sets 147
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Transitive classes 161 Basic Closure Lemma 162 The grounded
165
Mostowski Collapsing Lemma 170 Consistency and independence results
171
Ordinal recursion 182 Ordinal addition and multiplication 183
187
Problems for Chapter 12 190 The operation 10 194 Strongly inaccessible cardinals
197
Countable dense linear orderings 208 The archimedean property 210 Nested
204
interval property 213 Dedekind cuts 216 Existence of the real numbers
217
APPENDIX B AXIOMS AND UNIVERSES
225

rability Ofwell ordered sets 99 Wellfoundedness Of go 100 Hartogs Theorem
100
CHOICES
109
Zorns Lemma 114 Countable Principle of Choice ACN 114 Axiom VII
119
Problems for Chapter 9
130
Riegers Theorem 233 Antifoundation Principle AFA 238 Bisimulations 239
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INDEX
271
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