Axiomatic Set Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) First Edition

The author has done an admirable job of presenting a complex and very important topic that is often glossed over. The axiom of choice and its equivalent known as Zorn's lemma is used time and time again in modern mathematics. This comes later in the book. The author begins with the Axiom Schema of Abstraction and Russel's paradox whereby one considers the set of all sets that are not members of themselves and one quickly arrives at a contradiction. The Axiom schema of abstraction is the source of the problem whereby one considers the set of all objects satisfying some property. This is replaced by the Axiom Schema of Separation (introduced by Zermelo 1908) to solve this paradox. The book requires very careful reading particularly in the early chapters. Everything here is complete but some of these ideas are complex . More and more axioms are introduced as more operations on sets are introduced that intuitively should also be sets and that is the prime purpose of introducing these axioms. I mention as an example the Axiom schema of Replacement whereby a set can be constructed from another set and a mapping function. Later in the book Cardinal numbers are introduced. After this Ordinal numbers are introduced. There are many results here. Once the Axiom of Choice is introduced then Transfinite induction is introduced and Zorn's lemma is introduced. As stated earlier these ideas are very important in modern mathematics. I would prefer if the author had spent more time explaining how Cardinal numbers are a special type of Ordinal number and going through things just a little more slowly in that part of the book. Of course the reader may not have time to read and understand in detail every proof given or supply their own proof but it is enough to appreciate the depth and ingenuity of the axioms and why they were introduced in the first place. In summary an excellent book on a topic that is not so easily accessible and deals with the very foundations of logic and of mathematics.

Getting thru it will require patience (i.e., a.k.a. endurance, stubbornness, tenacity.)I'm setting up the target(s)--I have my work cut out for me.

Not sure if sarcastic or algorithm that deemed me to be autistic. Amazon once recommended twelve books to me. All to whom the subject matter was set theory. By which way a purchase was made by me. Upon reading first few page. Fundamental change to world view

This book is exactly what I was looking for to gain a deeper understanding of set theory.

This is a great (historical) discussion of axiomatic set theory. Suppes published this book in 1960 with all that that implies. Notation is old style and takes some getting used to. I'm not a set theorist but I suspect much work has been done over the last 60 years and today set theory probably doesn't look like it did to Professor Suppes.Nevertheless the book is a classic and should be in every mathematician's library.

This book is a basic reading on the Set Theory field. It works as an introductory and reference text, with a clear and concise style and a precise logic sequence on its exposition and development of contents. After reading it, I started to focus on more specific topics as Axiom of Choice and Banach-Tarski paradox, and I felt that it has prepared me to go further in my Math studies.

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