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Notes on Set Theory

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Yiannis N. Moschovakis

    1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics (UTM)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 1-5

  3. Equinumerosity

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    Pages 7-18

  4. Paradoxes and Axioms

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 19-32

  5. Are Sets All There is?

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 33-51

  6. The Natural Numbers

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 53-72

  7. Fixed Points

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 73-92

  8. Well Ordered Sets

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    Pages 93-115

  9. Choices

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 117-129

  10. Choice’s Consequences

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 131-146

  11. Baire Space

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 147-168

  12. Replacement and Other Axioms

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 169-188

  13. Ordinal Numbers

    • Yiannis N. Moschovakis
    Pages 189-208

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 209-273
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About this book

What this book is about. The theory of sets is a vibrant, exciting math­ ematical theory, with its own basic notions, fundamental results and deep open problems, and with significant applications to other mathematical theories. At the same time, axiomatic set theory is often viewed as a foun­ dation ofmathematics: it is alleged that all mathematical objects are sets, and their properties can be derived from the relatively few and elegant axioms about sets. Nothing so simple-minded can be quite true, but there is little doubt that in standard, current mathematical practice, "making a notion precise" is essentially synonymous with "defining it in set theory. " Set theory is the official language of mathematics, just as mathematics is the official language of science. Like most authors of elementary, introductory books about sets, I have tried to do justice to both aspects of the subject. From straight set theory, these Notes cover the basic facts about "ab­ stract sets," including the Axiom of Choice, transfinite recursion, and car­ dinal and ordinal numbers. Somewhat less common is the inclusion of a chapter on "pointsets" which focuses on results of interest to analysts and introduces the reader to the Continuum Problem, central to set theory from the very beginning.

Reviews

About the First Edition:

This is a sophisticated undergraduate set theory text, brimming with mathematics, and packed with elegant proofs, historical explanations, and enlightening exercises, all presented at just the right level for a first course in set theory.
- Joel David Hamkins, Journal of Symbolic Logic

This is an excellent introduction to axiomatic set theory, viewed both as a foundation of mathematics and as a branch of mathematics with its own subject matter, basic results, open problems.
- Achille C. Varzi, History and Philosophy of Logic

From the reviews of the second edition:

"The author of this very nice introduction into the basic facts of set theory has, in this second edition modified his presentation … simplified proofs, and streamlined the terminology and notation. All the advantages of this text remained." (Siegfried J. Gottwald, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1088 (14), 2006)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Yiannis N. Moschovakis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Notes on Set Theory

  • Authors: Yiannis N. Moschovakis

  • Series Title: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4153-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-4153-7Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6056

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-5604

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 273

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematical Logic and Foundations

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