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The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise
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Author/Editor: Mary Tiles
ISBN 10:0486435202
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This volume offers a guided tour of modern mathematics' Garden of Eden, beginning with perspectives on the finite universe and classes and Aristotelian logic. Author Mary Tiles further examines permutations, combinations, and infinite cardinalities; numbering the continuum; Cantor's transfinite parad...  read more
 


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This volume offers a guided tour of modern mathematics' Garden of Eden, beginning with perspectives on the finite universe and classes and Aristotelian logic. Author Mary Tiles further examines permutations, combinations, and infinite cardinalities; numbering the continuum; Cantor's transfinite paradise; axiomatic set theory, and more. Includes 32 figures.
Reprint of the Basil Blackwell Ltd., Oxford, England, 1989.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486435202
ISBN 13: 9780486435206
Author/Editor: Mary Tiles
Format: Book
Page Count: 272
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Publication date: June 2004
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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