Introduction to set theory. The set theory of Georg Cantor and its axiomatization by Ernst Zermelo (Q5907071): Difference between revisions

The second edition of the book is a revised and enlarged version of the first edition [Berlin: Springer (2002; Zbl 0988.03004)]. So the number of pages increased from 330 pages to 550 pages. In the following we describe the relevant changes. The author deals with various definitions of infinity. He has included a chapter on cardinal arithmetic. In great detail he describes antinomies in set theory. He defines the Borel-Hausdorff hierarchy and has added a chapter on cofinalities, filters and large cardinals. He deals with stationary sets, proves Fodor's lemma and uses Ulam matrices for the construction of pairwise disjoint stationary sets. Further on he describes the Hausdorff residue. He discusses axiomatizations for a set theory with classes and he has added a biography of Felix Hausdorff.