The Philosophy of Set Theory : An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise

ISBN

9780486435206

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$15.95

Author	Tiles, Mary
Format	Paperback
Details	Dimensions:8.5" x 5.4" x 0.6" Status:Active Record Product Type:Individual Title Product Format:Books Copyright Year:2004 Number of Pages:256 Illustrated:Yes Media Class:Print Carton Qty:32 LC Classification Number:QA8.4.T54

This volume offers a guided tour of modern mathematics' Garden of Eden, beginning with perspectives on the finite universe and classes and Aristotelian logic. Author Mary Tiles further examines permutations, combinations, and infinite cardinalities; numbering the continuum; Cantor's transfinite paradise; axiomatic set theory, and more. 1989 edition. Includes 32 figures.