• 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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    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 descriptive set theory, a tree on a set X {\displaystyle X} is a collection of finite sequences of elements of X {\displaystyle X} such that every...
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  • Effective descriptive set theory is the branch of descriptive set theory dealing with sets of reals having lightface definitions; that is, definitions...
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  • In the mathematical discipline of descriptive set theory, a scale is a certain kind of object defined on a set of points in some Polish space (for example...
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  • computability theory overlaps with proof theory and effective descriptive set theory. Basic questions addressed by computability theory include: What...
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  • the Borel sets is called a Borel measure. Borel sets and the associated Borel hierarchy also play a fundamental role in descriptive set theory. In some...
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    modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, and functional analysis. Hausdorff was Jewish, and...
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    In set theory, a tree is a partially ordered set ( T , < ) {\displaystyle (T,<)} such that for each t ∈ T {\displaystyle t\in T} , the set { s ∈ T : s...
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  • is just as much a branch of descriptive set theory as it is of harmonic analysis. Paul J. Cohen (1958), Topics in the theory of uniqueness of trigonometrical...
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  • Simple theorems in the algebra of sets Subset Θ (set theory) Tree (descriptive set theory) Tree (set theory) Union (set theory) Von Neumann universe Zero sharp...
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    inner model of V in which the axiom of determinacy holds.) Moschovakis, Yiannis N. (1980). Descriptive Set Theory. North Holland. ISBN 0-444-70199-0....
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    Nikolai Luzin (category Set theorists)
    mathematician known for his work in descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical analysis with strong connections to point-set topology. He was the eponym...
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  • recursion theory. Descriptive set theory uses the notions of forcing from both recursion theory and set theory. Forcing has also been used in model theory, but...
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    ISBN 978-1-4684-9396-2. Kechris, Alexander S. (1995). Classical Descriptive Set Theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. Vol. 156. Springer New York, NY...
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  • error about ten years later, and his following research has led to descriptive set theory. The fundamental mistake of Lebesgue was to think that projection...
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  • Descriptive complexity is a branch of computational complexity theory and of finite model theory that characterizes complexity classes by the type of logic...
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  • there a measure zero set which isn't meagre?". MathOverflow. Quintanilla, M. (2022). "The real numbers in inner models of set theory". arXiv:2206.10754...
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    Yiannis N. Moschovakis (category Set theorists)
    18, 1938) is a set theorist, descriptive set theorist, and recursion (computability) theorist, at UCLA. His book Descriptive Set Theory (North-Holland)...
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    his contributions to ergodic theory, topological dynamics, probability theory, game theory, and descriptive set theory. Benjamin ("Benjy") Weiss was...
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  • extension of V. Inner model theory studies the relationships of these models to determinacy, large cardinals, and descriptive set theory. Despite the name, it...
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  • descriptive set theory, a subset of a Polish space X {\displaystyle X} is an analytic set if it is a continuous image of a Polish space. These sets were...
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  • S. (1995), Classical Descriptive Set Theory, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3540943749 Levy, A. (1979), Basic Set Theory, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag...
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  • In descriptive set theory, the Borel determinacy theorem states that any Gale–Stewart game whose payoff set is a Borel set is determined, meaning that...
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  • In the mathematical field of descriptive set theory, a subset of a Polish space has the perfect set property if it is either countable or has a nonempty...
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  • topology, called the product topology. This space is commonly used in descriptive set theory, to the extent that its elements are often called "reals". It is...
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  • In mathematical logic and descriptive set theory, the analytical hierarchy is an extension of the arithmetical hierarchy. The analytical hierarchy of formulas...
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    mathematical constructs of trees in graph theory, trees in set theory, and trees in descriptive set theory. A node is a structure which may contain data...
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  • set theory such as Kripke–Platek set theory. It is an important tool in effective descriptive set theory. The central focus of hyperarithmetic theory...
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  • in set theory, the constructible universe (or Gödel's constructible universe), denoted by L , {\displaystyle L,} is a particular class of sets that...
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