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Set Theory: Professor Orr CPT120 Quantitative Analysis I
Set Theory: Professor Orr CPT120 Quantitative Analysis I
Set Theory: Professor Orr CPT120 Quantitative Analysis I
Professor Orr
CPT120 ~ Quantitative Analysis I
1999 Indiana University
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Why Study Set Theory?
Understanding set theory helps people
to
see things in terms of systems
organize things into groups
begin to understand logic
1999 Indiana University
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Key Mathematicians
These mathematicians influenced the
development of set theory and logic:
Georg Cantor
John Venn
George Boole
Augustus DeMorgan
1999 Indiana University
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Georg Cantor 1845 -1918
developed set
theory
set theory was not
initially accepted
because it was
radically different
set theory today is
widely accepted
and is used in
many areas of
mathematics
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Cantor
the concept of infinity was expanded by
Cantors set theory
Cantor proved there are levels of infinity
an infinitude of integers initially ending
with e or
an infinitude of real numbers exist
between 1 and 2;
there are more real numbers than there are
integers
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