| The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise Contributor(s): Tiles, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486435202 ISBN-13: 9780486435206 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Set Theory |
| Dewey: 511.322 |
| LCCN: 2004043941 |
| Series: Dover Books on Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.36" W x 8.48" (0.62 lbs) 239 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |