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

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. Includes 32 figures.

Author: Mary Tiles
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/18/2004
Pages: 239
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.36w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780486435206

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