THE mathematicians’ version of nothing is the empty set. This is a collection that doesn’t actually contain anything, such as my own collection of vintage Rolls-Royces. The empty set may seem a bit ...
It was hailed as a revolutionary mathematics curriculum that prioritized the concept of a set over the concept of a number. 'New math' was introduced to millions of US schoolchildren in the 1960s. Yet ...
Mathematical logic and set theory provide the foundational language for modern mathematics, articulating precise notions of proof, computability and the hierarchy of infinities. Central themes include ...