Discovering Modern Set Theory. I: The Basics - Couverture souple

Just, Winfried; Weese, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1470481170 ISBN 13 : 9781470481179

Editeur : American Mathematical Society, 1996

Synopsis

From the reviews: Serious graduate students ... would profit from reading the book for the mathematical maturity they would gain in the process. The conversational, almost Socratic, style of exposition is well suited to giving students some insight into the process of doing mathematics as well as to the importance of asking the right questions ... Just and Weese's text would be ideally suited for...students who are serious about studying set theory. -Journal of Symbolic Logic The careful exposition, written in a lively and very readable style which addresses the reader rather directly, provides (by explanations, comments, and remarks) much information and motivation. Recommended. -Monatshefte fur Mathematik This book is an introduction to set theory for beginning graduate students who want to get a sound grounding in those aspects of set theory used extensively throughout other areas of mathematics. Topics covered include formal languages and models, the power and limitation of the Axiomatic Method, the Axiom of Choice, including the fascinating Banach-Tarski Paradox, applications of Zorn's Lemma, ordinal arithmetic, including transfinite induction, and cardinal arithmetic. The style of writing, more a dialogue with the reader than that of the Master indoctrinating the pupil, makes this also very suitable for self-study.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Winfried Just, Ohio University, Athens, OH.

Martin Weese, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Mathematical Society
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1470481170
• ISBN 13: 9781470481179
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 210
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible