Numbers, sets, and axioms :
Hamilton, A. G., 1943-
Numbers, sets, and axioms : the apparatus of mathematics / A.G. Hamilton. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1982. - ix, 255 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. Numbers 2. The size of a set 3. Ordered sets 4. Set theory 5. The axiom of choice 6. Ordinal and cardinal numbers
This work contains a description and discussion of the fundamental conceptual and formal apparatus upon which modern pure mathematics relies. The author's intention is to remove some of the mystery that surrounds the foundations of mathematics. He emphasizes the intuitive basis of mathematics.
0521245095 9780521287616 0521287618
Arithmetic
Number theory.
Set theory.--Foundations.
510 / HAM
Numbers, sets, and axioms : the apparatus of mathematics / A.G. Hamilton. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1982. - ix, 255 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. Numbers 2. The size of a set 3. Ordered sets 4. Set theory 5. The axiom of choice 6. Ordinal and cardinal numbers
This work contains a description and discussion of the fundamental conceptual and formal apparatus upon which modern pure mathematics relies. The author's intention is to remove some of the mystery that surrounds the foundations of mathematics. He emphasizes the intuitive basis of mathematics.
0521245095 9780521287616 0521287618
Arithmetic
Number theory.
Set theory.--Foundations.
510 / HAM