6 EC
Semester 2, periode 4, 5
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| Eigenaar | Bachelor Wiskunde |
| Coördinator | dr. A. Baltag |
| Onderdeel van | Bachelor Wiskunde, jaar 3Dubbele bachelor Wis- en Natuurkunde, jaar 3Dubbele bachelor Wiskunde en Informatica, jaar 3 |
Axioms of Set Theory, Set Theory as a Foundations of Mathematics, Ordinal Numbers, Cardinal Numbers, Axiom of Choice, Axiom of Foundation. Cardinal and ordinal arithmetic. Basics of some additional topics such as large cardinals, constructible universe and the consistency of Continuum Hypothesis, absoluteness, non-wellfounded sets and the Anti-Foundation Axiom.
Keith Devlin, 'The Joy of Sets', Springer Verlag, 1993, second edition.
R. M. Smullyan and M. Fitting, Set Theory and the Continuum Problem, Dover Publications, Inc., 2010.
The course is taught in English.
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Activiteit |
Aantal uur |
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Hoorcollege |
30 |
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Tentamen |
3 |
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Werkcollege |
26 |
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Zelfstudie |
109 |
Aanwezigheidseisen opleiding (OER-B):
| Onderdeel en weging | Details |
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Eindcijfer | |
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4 (40%) Homework | |
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3 (30%) mid-term | Moet ≥ 5 zijn |
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3 (30%) Tentamen | Moet ≥ 5 zijn |
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0% Tussentoets |
The deadlines for homeworks are strict, no delays are allowed.
Dit vak hanteert de algemene 'Fraude- en plagiaatregeling' van de UvA. Hier wordt nauwkeurig op gecontroleerd. Bij verdenking van fraude of plagiaat wordt de examencommissie van de opleiding ingeschakeld. Zie de Fraude- en plagiaatregeling van de UvA: www.uva.nl/plagiaat
| Weeknummer | Onderwerpen | Studiestof |
| 1 | History of Set Theory | |
| 2 | More History. Naive Set Theory. Paradoxes | |
| 3 | Naive Set Theory Continued. Axioms of ZFC. | |
| 4 | More ZFC. Classes. Ordinals. | |
| 5 | Recursion on ordinals. Axiom of Choice (AC) and Well-Ordering Theorem | |
| 6 | Ordinal Arithmetic. | |
| 7 | Continuous Functions, Fixed Point Theorem, Normal Forms. Applications. | |
| 8 | Cardinal Arithmetic. Schroder-Bernstein Theorem. | |
| 9 | Cardinal Exponentiation. Generalized Continuum Hypothesis (GCH). | |
| 10 | Large Cardinals: Inaccessible cardinals and Models of Set Theory. | |
| 11 | Review Other Topics: Boolean algebras, topologies, measure algebras. | |
| 12 | Trees, Konig Tree Lemma. Applications to Large Cardinals. | |
| 13 | Godel's Constructible Universe. Absoluteness. Montague-Levy Reflection Theorem. | |
| 14 | First Order Universes, and the (relative) consistency of AC. | |
| 15 | Tarski-Vaught Theorem, MSTV Theorem and the (relative) consistency of GCH. | |
| 16 | The Ideas behind the Independence Proofs for AC and GCH. Review. |
Het rooster van dit vak is in te zien op DataNose.
There is no honors extension for this course.
Recommended prior knowledge: Mathematical maturity, decent understanding of first-order logic.