The Logic of Infinity

Barnaby Sheppard

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Cambridge University Press
24 July 2014

Mathematics; Mathematical logic; Set theory; Number systems

Few mathematical results capture the imagination like Georg Cantor's groundbreaking work on infinity in the late nineteenth century. This opened the door to an intricate axiomatic theory of sets which was born in the decades that followed. Written for the motivated novice, this book provides an overview of key ideas in set theory, bridging the gap between technical accounts of mathematical foundations and popular accounts of logic. Readers will learn of the formal construction of the classical number systems, from the natural numbers to the real numbers and beyond, and see how set theory has evolved to analyse such deep questions as the status of the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice. Remarks and digressions introduce the reader to some of the philosophical aspects of the subject and to adjacent mathematical topics. The rich, annotated bibliography encourages the dedicated reader to delve into what is now a vast literature.

By: Barnaby Sheppard
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 249mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 990g
ISBN: 9781107058316
ISBN 10: 1107058317
Pages: 498
Publication Date: 24 July 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; Synopsis; 1. Introduction; 2. Logical foundations; 3. Avoiding Russell's paradox; 4. Further axioms; 5. Relations and order; 6. Ordinal numbers and the axiom of infinity; 7. Infinite arithmetic; 8. Cardinal numbers; 9. The axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis; 10. Models; 11. From Gödel to Cohen; Appendix A. Peano arithmetic; Appendix B. Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory; Appendix C. Gödel's incompleteness theorems; Bibliography; Index.

Barnaby Sheppard is a freelance writer. He has previously held positions at Lancaster University, the University of Durham and University College Dublin.