Catalogue listing for SET THEORY (3):
Introduction to set theory. The set-theoretic foundations of mathematics, including the construction of the real number system, countable and uncountable sets, cardinal numbers, and ordinals, the axiom of choice.
Prerequisites: 01:640:300 and either 01:640:250 or CALC3, or permission of department.
Taught in the Fall Term. Will return in Fall 2008.
Previous semesters:
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