Book:Patrick Suppes/Axiomatic Set Theory/Second Edition

Patrick Suppes: Axiomatic Set Theory (2nd Edition)

Published $\text {1972}$, Dover Publications

ISBN 0-486-61630-4

Subject Matter

• Axiomatic Set Theory

Contents

Preface to the Dover Edition (Stanford, California: June, 1972)

Preface to the First Edition (Stanford, California: January, 1960)

1. introduction

1.1 Set Theory and the Foundations of Mathematics

1.2 Logic and Notation

1.3 Axiom Schema of Abstraction and Russell's Paradox

1.4 More Paradoxes

1.5 Preview of Axioms

2. general developments

2.1 Preliminaries: Formulas and Definitions

2.2 Axioms of Extensionality and Separation

2.3 Intersection, Union, and Difference of Sets

2.4 Pairing Axiom and Ordered Pairs

2.5 Definition by Abstraction

2.6 Sum Axiom and Families of Sets

2.7 Power Set Axiom

2.8 Cartesian Product of Sets

2.9 Axiom of Regularity

2.10 Summary of Axioms

3. relations and functions

3.1 Operations on Binary Relations

3.2 Ordering Relations

3.3 Equivalence Relations and Partitions

3.4 Functions

4. equipollence, finite sets, and cardinal numbers

4.1 Equipollence

4.2 Finite Sets

4.3 Cardinal Numbers

4.4 Finite Cardinals

5. finite ordinals and denumerable sets

5.1 Definitions and General Properties of Ordinals

5.2 Finite Ordinals and Recursive Definitions

5.3 Denumerable Sets

6. rational numbers and real numbers

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Fractions

6.3 Non-negative Rational Numbers

6.4 Rational Numbers

6.5 Cauchy Sequences of Rational Numbers

6.6 Real Numbers

6.7 Sets of the Power of the Continuum

7. transfinite induction and ordinal arithmetic

7.1 Transfinite Induction and Definition by Transfinite Recursion

7.2 Elements of Ordinal Arithmetic

7.3 Cardinal Numbers Again and Alephs

7.4 Well-Ordered Sets

7.5 Revised Summary of Axioms

8. the axiom of choice

8.1 Some Applications of the Axiom of Choice

8.2 Equivalents of the Axiom of Choice

8.3 Axioms Which Imply the Axiom of Choice

8.4 Independence of the Axiom of Choice and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis

References

Glossary of Symbols

Author Index

Subject Index

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