Praise for the First Edition "". . . an enchanting book for those people in computer science or mathematics who are fascinated by the concept of infinity.""-Computing Reviews "". . . a very well written introduction to set theory . . . easy to read and well suited for self-study…
"Writing with clear knowledge and affection for the subject, the author introduces and explores infinite sets, infinite cardinals, and ordinals, thus challenging the readers' intuitive beliefs about infinity. Requiring little mathematical training and a healthy curiosity, the bo…
"Writing with clear knowledge and affection for the subject, the author introduces and explores infinite sets, infinite cardinals, and ordinals, thus challenging the readers' intuitive beliefs about infinity. Requiring little mathematical training and a healthy curiosity, the bo…
"Writing with clear knowledge and affection for the subject, the author introduces and explores infinite sets, infinite cardinals, and ordinals, thus challenging the readers' intuitive beliefs about infinity. Requiring little mathematical training and a healthy curiosity, the bo…
This work is a systematic study of ideals over uncountable sets. In particular, we investigate the role of various properties of ideals in arithmetic of cardinal numbers. We also study consequences of existence of precipitous ideals for the generalized continuum hypothesis and t…
