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The elements of advanced mathematics
2002, Chapman & Hall
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1584883030 9781584883036
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1 Basic Logic 1
1.1 Principles of Logic1
1.2 Truth2
1.3 "And" and "Or" 3 3
1.4 "Not"6
1.5 "If- Then"7
1.6 Contrapositive, Converse, and "Iff"10
1.7 Quantifiers13
1.8 Truth and Provability17
Exercises21
2 Methods of Proof 27
2.1 What is a Proof?27
2.2 Direct Proof28
2.3 Proof by Contradiction33
2.4 Proof by Induction36
2.5 Other Methods of Proof40
Exercises43
3 Set Theory 47
3.1 Undefinable Terms47
3.2 Elements of Set Theory48
3.3 Venn Diagrams52
3.4 Further Ideas in Elementary Set Theory53
3.5 Indexing and Extended Set Operations55
Exercises57
4 Relations and Functions 61
4.1 Relations61
4.2 Order Relations 64
4.3 Functions 66
4.4 Combining Functions 69
4.5 Cantor's Notion of Cardinality 73
Exercises 85
5 Axioms of Set Theory, Paradoxes, and Rigor 91
5.1 Axioms of Set Theory91
5.2 The Axiom of Choice 94
5.2.1 Well Ordering94
5.2.2 The Continuum Hypothesis95
5.2.3 Zorn's Lemma95
5.2.4 The Hausdorff Maximality Principle96
5.2.5 The Banach-Tarski Paradox97
5.3 Independence and Consistency97
5.4 Set Theory and Arithmetic 99
Exercises101
6 Number Systems 105
6.0 Preliminary Remarks105
6.1 The Natural Number System106
6.2 The Integers111
6.3 The Rational Numbers117
6.4 The Real Number System124
6.5 The Non-Standard Real Number System133
6.5.1 The Need for Non-Standard Numbers133
6.5.2 Filters and Ultrafilters133
6.5.3 A Useful Measure133
6.5.4 An Equivalence Relation134
6.5.5 An Extension of the Real Number System134
6.6 The Complex Numbers135
6.7 The Quaternions, the Cayley Numbers, and Beyond139
Exercises141
7 More on the Real Number System 147
7.0 Introduction 147
7.1 Sequences147
7.2 Open Sets and Closed Sets149
7.3 Compact Sets151
7.4 The Cantor Set152
7.4.1 Construction of a Remarkable Compact Set153
Exercises156
8 Examples of Axiomatic Theories 159
8.0 Introductory Remarks159
8.1 Group Theory159
8.2 Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry168
Exercises180.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-210) and index.
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