Set Theory and the Continuum Problem (Paperback)

Raymond M. Smullyan

ISBN 10: 0486474844 / ISBN 13: 9780486474847

Verlag: Dover Publications, New York, 2010

Beschreibung

Paperback. A lucid, elegant, and complete survey of set theory, this volume is drawn from the authors' substantial teaching experience. The first of three parts focuses on axiomatic set theory. The second part explores the consistency of the continuum hypothesis, and the final section examines forcing and independence results. 1996 edition. A lucid, elegant, and complete survey of set theory, this three-part treatment explores axiomatic set theory, the consistency of the continuum hypothesis, and forcing and independence results. 1996 edition. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Set Theory and the Continuum Problem (Paperback)
• Verlag: Dover Publications, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0486474844
• ISBN-13: 9780486474847
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

A lucid, elegant, and complete survey of set theory, this volume is drawn from the authors' substantial teaching experience. The first of three parts focuses on axiomatic set theory. The second part explores the consistency of the continuum hypothesis, and the final section examines forcing and independence results. 1996 edition.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Raymond Smullyan received his PhD from Princeton University and taught at Dartmouth, Princeton, Indiana University, and New York's Lehman College. Best known for his mathematical and creative logic puzzles and games, he was also a concert pianist and a magician. He wrote over a dozen books of logic puzzles and texts on mathematical logic.

Melvin Fitting, a former student of Dr. Smullyan, is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Lehman College, City University of New York.