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Over the years, this book has become a standard reference and guide in the set theory community. It provides a comprehensive account of the theory of large cardinals from its beginnings and some of the direct outgrowths leading to the frontiers of contemporary research, with open questions and speculations throughout.



Table of Contents
Preliminaries.- Beginnings.- Partition Properties.- Forcing and Sets of Reals.- Aspects of Measurability.- Strong Hypotheses.- Determinacy.

The Higher Infinite: Large Cardinals in Set Theory from Their Beginnings

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    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
    Publication Date: 28/11/2008
    ISBN13: 9783540888666, 978-3540888666
    ISBN10: 3540888667
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Over the years, this book has become a standard reference and guide in the set theory community. It provides a comprehensive account of the theory of large cardinals from its beginnings and some of the direct outgrowths leading to the frontiers of contemporary research, with open questions and speculations throughout.



    Table of Contents
    Preliminaries.- Beginnings.- Partition Properties.- Forcing and Sets of Reals.- Aspects of Measurability.- Strong Hypotheses.- Determinacy.

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