Set theory

Synonyms for "set theory" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
axiomatic set theory

Strong matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
categorization practiceformal set theory

Related words (6)

Noun(3 words)
grouping approachsettheory of sets

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More general

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informal conceptmathematical theorypure mathematics

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ZFC set theoryaxiomatic set theorydescriptive set theorygrouping strategy

Collocations

5 entries
axiomatic set theoryinfinite setsmodel of set theoryset theory axiomstheory of sets

Inflections

1 entries
set theories

Derivations

2 entries
set theoreticset theorist

Sample sentences

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We mentioned previously that certain paradoxes in set theory arose shortly after Cantor's works were published.

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The above argument, known as Russell's Paradox, was discovered by Bertrand Russell in 1901. Set theory itself began a few decades earlier with the work of George Cantor.

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The serious study of models of axiomatic set theories depends heavily on methods from mathematical logic which are outside the scope of these Notes.

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The one thing that all alternative set theories have in common is the fact that they are alternatives to ZF or ZFC.

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