Constructibility
K. J. Devlin(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 1984
Book
Hardback
XI, 428 pages
978-3-540-13258-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book is intended to give a fairly comprehensive account of the theory of constructible sets at an advanced level. The intended reader is a graduate mathe matician with some knowledge of mathematical logic. In particular, we assume familiarity with the notions of formal languages, axiomatic theories in formal languages, logical deductions in such theories, and the interpretation oflanguages in structures. Practically any introductory text on mathematical logic will supply the necessary material. We also assume some familiarity with Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory up to the development or ordinal and cardinal numbers. Any number of texts would suffice here, for instance Devlin (1979) or Levy (1979). The book is not intended to provide a complete coverage of the many and diverse applications of the methods of constructibility theory, rather the theory itself. Such applications as are given are there to motivate and to exemplify the theory. The book is divided into two parts. Part A ("Elementary Theory") deals with the classical definition of the La-hierarchy of constructible sets. With some prun ing, this part could be used as the basis of a graduate course on constructibility theory. Part B ("Advanced Theory") deals with the fa-hierarchy and the Jensen "fine-structure theory".
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
biography
Weight
855 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-13258-5 (9783540132585)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-21723-8
Schweitzer Classification
Content
A. Elementary Theory.- I. Preliminaries.- II. The Constructible Universe.- III. ?1-Trees in L.- IV ?+-Trees in L and the Fine Structure Theory.- V. The Story of 0#.- B. Advanced Theory.- VI. The Fine Structure Theory.- VII. Trees and Large Cardinals in L.- VIII. Morasses and the Cardinal Transfer Theorem.- IX. Silver Machines.- Remarks and Historical Notes.- Glossary of Notation.