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Chapters include: Sets and Subsets. Basic Set Operators. Sets of Numbers. Functions. Product Sets and Graphs of Functions. Relations. Further Theory of Sets. Further Theory of Functions, Operations. Cardinal Numbers. Partially and Totally Ordered Sets. Well-Ordered Sets/Ordinal Numbers. Axiom of Choice. Paradoxes in Set Theory. Algebra of Propositions. Quantifiers. Boolean Algebra. Logical Reasoning.
Table of Contents
Part I: Elementary Theory of Sets: Sets and Subsets.
Basic Set Operations.
Sets of Numbers.
Functions.
Product Sets and Graphs of Functions.
Relations.
Further Theory of Sets.
Further Theory of Functions.
Operations.
Part II: Ordinals, Cardinals, and Transfinite Induction: Cardinal Numbers.
Partially and Totally Ordered Sets.
Well-Ordered Sets, Ordinal Numbers.
Axiom of Choice.
Zorn's Lemma, Well-Ordering Theorem.
Paradoxes in Set Theory.
Part III: Related Topics: Algebra of Propositions.
Quantifiers.
Boolean Algebra.
Logical Reasoning.