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    Set theory is the branch of mathematical logic that studies sets, which can be informally described as collections of objects. Although objects of any...
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    In set theory, the complement of a set A, often denoted by A c {\displaystyle A^{c}} (or A′), is the set of elements not in A. When all elements in the...
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  • In set theory, Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, named after mathematicians Ernst Zermelo and Abraham Fraenkel, is an axiomatic system that was proposed in...
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    In set theory, the intersection of two sets A {\displaystyle A} and B , {\displaystyle B,} denoted by A ∩ B , {\displaystyle A\cap B,} is the set containing...
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  • In set theory and its applications throughout mathematics, a class is a collection of sets (or sometimes other mathematical objects) that can be unambiguously...
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  • Axiomatic constructive set theory is an approach to mathematical constructivism following the program of axiomatic set theory. The same first-order language...
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    In set theory, the union (denoted by ∪) of a collection of sets is the set of all elements in the collection. It is one of the fundamental operations...
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  • Naive set theory is any of several theories of sets used in the discussion of the foundations of mathematics. Unlike axiomatic set theories, which are...
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  • example being the neighborhood filter. Filters appear in order theory, model theory, and set theory, but can also be found in topology, from which they originate...
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  • Look up set theory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Set theory is a branch of mathematics concerning mathematical sets. A set theory may also refer...
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  • In mathematical logic, descriptive set theory (DST) is the study of certain classes of "well-behaved" subsets of the real line and other Polish spaces...
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    Musical set theory provides concepts for categorizing musical objects and describing their relationships. Howard Hanson first elaborated many of the concepts...
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  • In the mathematical field of set theory, the continuum means the real numbers, or the corresponding (infinite) cardinal number, denoted by c {\displaystyle...
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  • Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory (NBG) is an axiomatic set theory that is a conservative extension of Zermelo–Fraenkel–choice set theory (ZFC). NBG introduces...
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  • Appendix:Glossary of set theory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This is a glossary of terms and definitions related to the topic of set theory. Contents: ...
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  • Internal set theory Pocket set theory Naive set theory S (set theory) Double extension set theory Kripke–Platek set theory Kripke–Platek set theory with urelements...
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  • Non-well-founded set theories are variants of axiomatic set theory that allow sets to be elements of themselves and otherwise violate the rule of well-foundedness...
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    conditions for a topological space to be metrizable. Set-theoretic topology is a subject that combines set theory and general topology. It focuses on topological...
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  • Naive set theory for the mathematical topic. Naive Set Theory is a mathematics textbook by Paul Halmos providing an undergraduate introduction to set theory...
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  • In set theory and related branches of mathematics, the von Neumann universe, or von Neumann hierarchy of sets, denoted by V, is the class of hereditary...
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  • "Set Theory", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University Suppes, Patrick (1972) [1960], Axiomatic Set Theory,...
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    graph theory, an independent set, stable set, coclique or anticlique is a set of vertices in a graph, no two of which are adjacent. That is, it is a set S...
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  • In mathematical set theory, the multiverse view is that there are many models of set theory, but no "absolute", "canonical" or "true" model. The various...
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  • In mathematical logic, positive set theory is the name for a class of alternative set theories in which the axiom of comprehension holds for at least the...
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  • Kripke–Platek set theory (KP), pronounced /ˈkrɪpki ˈplɑːtɛk/, is an axiomatic set theory developed by Saul Kripke and Richard Platek. The theory can be thought...
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  • In set theory, the kernel of a function f {\displaystyle f} (or equivalence kernel) may be taken to be either the equivalence relation on the function's...
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  • Internal set theory (IST) is a mathematical theory of sets developed by Edward Nelson that provides an axiomatic basis for a portion of the nonstandard...
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  • Major subareas include model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory (also known as computability theory). Research in mathematical logic...
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  • set theory (sometimes denoted by Z-), as set out in a seminal paper in 1908 by Ernst Zermelo, is the ancestor of modern Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory (ZF)...
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  • the sets that can be defined in a model of a theory, and the relationship of such definable sets to each other. As a separate discipline, model theory goes...
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