Set theory, the mathematical study of collections of objects, forms a foundation for much of modern mathematics, while cardinal functions provide a means to quantify the sizes of these sets, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Partial functions can be easily represented in set theory as certain sets of ordered pairs. However, classical set theory provides no special ...

A Platonistic set theory with a universal set, CUSɩ, in the spirit of Alonzo Church's "Set Theory with a Universal Set," is presented; this theory uses a different sequence of restricted equivalence ...

Mathematics often helps us to think about issues that don’t seem mathematical. One area that has surprisingly far-reaching applications is the theory of sets. Sets are one of the most basic objects in ...