Dales, H.G

An introduction to independence for analysts - New York Cambridge University Press 1987 - xiii, 241p - London Mathematical Society lecture note series 115 .

Forcing is a powerful tool from logic which is used to prove that certain propositions of mathematics are independent of the basic axioms of set theory, ZFC. This book explains clearly, to non-logicians, the technique of forcing and its connection with independence, and gives a full proof that a naturally arising and deep question of analysis is independent of ZFC. It provides an accessible account of this result, and it includes a discussion, of Martin's Axiom and of the independence of CH

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Forcing (Model theory)
Independence (Mathematics)
Axiomatic set theory

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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

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