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1 online resource (96 pages) |
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| Summary |
An admirable introduction to the rigorous theory of the continuum.-- Science Progress "Extremely readable ... a clear axiomatically constructed introduction."-- Elemente der Mathematik This classic of mathematics presents the best systematic elementary account of the modern theory of the continuum as a type of serial order. Based on the Dedekind-Cantor ordinal theory, this text requires no knowledge of higher mathematics. Contents include a historical introduction and chapters on classes in general; simply ordered classes, or series; discrete series, especially the type of the natural numbers; dense series, especially the type of the rational numbers; continuous series, especially the type of the real numbers; continuous series of more than one dimension, with a note on multiply ordered classes; and well ordered series, with an introduction to Cantor's transfinite numbers. 1917 edition. 119 footnotes, mostly bibliographical. |
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Print version record. |
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MATHEMATICS / General.
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Transfinite numbers.
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Set theory.
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Electronic books.
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Cantor, Georg, 1845-1918.
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Print version: Huntington, E. V. (Edward Vermilye), 1874-1952. Continuum, and other types of serial order. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2003. 0486495507 (DLC)2003055069 |
| Standard No. |
9780486161075 |
| ISBN |
9780486161075 (e-pub) |
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