The Joy of Sets
| Author | : Keith Devlin |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781461209034 |
| ISBN-10 | : 146120903X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
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.
