Elements of set theory
Material type:
- 9780122384400 (HB)

Current library | Home library | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IMSc Library | IMSc Library | 510.22 END (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 78388 |
Includes index
Includes bibliography (p. 269-270) and references.
1. Introduction
2. Axioms And Operations
3. Relations And Functions
4. Natural Numbers
5. Construction Of The Real Numbers
6. Cardinal Numbers And The Axiom Of Choice
7. Orderings And Ordinals
8. Ordinals And Order Types
9. Special Topics
This is an introductory undergraduate textbook in set theory. In mathematics these days, essentially everything is a set. Some knowledge of set theory is necessary part of the background everyone needs for further study of mathematics. It is also possible to study set theory for its own interest--it is a subject with intruiging results anout simple objects. This book starts with material that nobody can do without. There is no end to what can be learned of set theory, but here is a beginning.
There are no comments on this title.