{"product_id":"the-joy-of-sets-fundamentals-of-contemporary-set-theory-undergraduate-texts-in-mathematics-9780387940946","title":"The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Devlin, Keith. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780387940946.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an account of those parts of contemporary set theory of direct relevance to other areas of pure mathematics. The intended reader is either an advanced-level mathematics undergraduate, a beginning graduate student in mathematics, or an accomplished mathematician who desires or needs some familiarity with modern set theory. The book is written in a fairly easy-going style, with minimal formalism. In Chapter 1, the basic principles of set theory are developed in a naive manner. Here the notions of set, union, intersection, power set, rela tion, function, etc., are defined and discussed. One assumption in writing Chapter 1 has been that, whereas the reader may have met all of these 1 concepts before and be familiar with their usage, she may not have con sidered the various notions as forming part of the continuous development of a pure subject (namely, set theory). Consequently, the presentation is at the same time rigorous and fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666239021109,"sku":"ByrdShop_0387940944","price":75.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780387940946_18f608b6-4a37-43b5-914c-7765afcf4555.jpg?v=1782462241","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-joy-of-sets-fundamentals-of-contemporary-set-theory-undergraduate-texts-in-mathematics-9780387940946","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}