The Joy of Sets

The Joy of Sets
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 9781461209034
ISBN-13 : 146120903X
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Book Synopsis The Joy of Sets by : Keith Devlin

Download or read book The Joy of Sets written by Keith Devlin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text covers the parts of contemporary set theory relevant to other areas of pure mathematics. After a review of "naïve" 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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