printer friendly pageMATH 161: Set Theory
Informal and axiomatic set theory: sets, relations, functions, and set-theoretical operations. The Zermelo-Fraenkel axiom system and the special role of the axiom of choice and its various equivalents. Well-orderings and ordinal numbers; transfinite induction and transfinite recursion. Equinumerosity and cardinal numbers; Cantor's Alephs and cardinal arithmetic. Open problems in set theory. Prerequisite:
Math 56 or comfort with proof-writing.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Math, WAY-FR
Instructors:
Sommer, R. (PI)
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