Course: Set Theory

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Course title Set Theory
Course code KMI/PGSMN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bělohlávek Radim, prof. RNDr. Ph.D., DSc.
Course content
- Historical background, ramifications of set theory - Axioms of set theory ZF, basic properties, the axiom of choice. - Ordinal numbers, transfinite induction, ordinal arithmetic. - Cardinal numbers, cardinal arithmetic. - Axiom of regularity, cumulative hierarchy, well-foundedness. - Filters, ultrafilters, Boolean algebras. - Combinatorial properties of sets. - Models of set theory. - Selected further set theories.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The students shall get acquainted with set theory.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Balcar B., Štepánek P. (2005). Teorie množin. Academia Praha.
  • Jech T. (2003). Set Theory. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Sochor, A. (2005). Metamatematika teorií množin. Karolinum.
  • Vopěnka P. (2015). Úvod do klasické teorie množin. Fragment.


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