(Free) Roads to Infinity: The Mathematics of Truth and Proof
☆ John C. Stillwell ☆
| #992016 in Books | A K Peters/CRC Press | 2010-07-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x6.25 x.75l,.97 | File Name: 1568814666 | 250 pages |
||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Set Theory|By Mead C. Whorton Jr.|This is an excellent introduction to how logic and modern set theory affect modern mathematics. Delves into Cantor's theory of transfinite numbers. Also examines work of Kurt Godel, Emil Post , and Gerhard Gentzen. Not too technical. Very readable.|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A very readabl|||"The text is nicely presented, with many illuminating and/or entertaining quotes and diagrams. … The wide scope of the work and the way that the author manages to show the connections between the different topics are the main strength of the book, mak
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This book offers an introduction to modern ideas about infinity and their implications for mathematics. It unifies ideas from set theory and mathematical logic, and traces their effects on mainstream mathematical topics of today, such as number theory and combinatorics. The treatment is historical and partly informal, but with due attention to the subtleties of the subject.
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