Seminar: Set Theory and Logical Foundations 2

Dr. Heinrich Rolletschek

February 21, 2012

Time and place

Seminar room Schloß Hagenberg, time to be agreed.

Entry requirements

Participants have to be familiar only with the most basic notions of set theory (union, intersection, power set etc.) and with the language of predicate logic.

Assessment/Examination

Seminar talks.

Course description

The course consists of a sequence of talks dealing with the systematic development of set theory from the axioms and proceeding to somewhat more advanced topics like large cardinals. Some philosophical issues, concerning set theory as a foundation for all of mathematics, will also be discussed.

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