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Set Theory. An Introduction to Independence Proofs

By Kenneth Kunen

Book information

Publisher
North Holland
Year
1983
ISBN
0444868399
ISSN
0049-237X
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2357154 bytes)
Series
Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics 102
Edition
1
Pages
313\328
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Paperback. Many branches of abstract mathematics have been affected by the modern independence proofs in set theory. This book provides an introduction to relative consistency proofs in axiomatic set theory, and is intended to be used as a text in beginning graduate courses in that subject. It is hoped that this treatment will make the subject accessible to those mathematicians whose research is sensitive to axiomatics. The readers should have had the equivalent of an undergraduate course on cardinals and ordinals, but no specific training in logic is necessary. The volume includes a discussion of modern techniques in forcing, as well as coverage of infinitary combinatorics and its relevance to independence proofs. The work also features a lucid treatment of basic facts about constructibility.

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