Geared towards upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, this text consists of 2 parts: the first covers pure set theory, and the second deals with applications and advanced topics (point set topology, real spaces, Boolean algebras, infinite combinatorics and large cardinals). Useful appendix; numerous exercises. 1979 edition. Includes 20 figures.
Slightly revised republication of the edition published by Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1979.

Table of Contents for Basic Set Theory

Part A. Pure Set Theory
Chapter I. The Basic Notions
1. The Basic Language of Set Theory
2. The Axioms of Extensionality and Comprehension
3. Classes, Why and How
4. Classes, the formal Introduction
5. The Axioms of Set Theory
6. Relations and functions
Chapter II. Order and Well-Foundedness
1. Order
2. Well-Order
3. Ordinals
4. Natural Numbers and finite Sequences
5. Well-Founded Relations
6. Well-Founded Sets
7. The Axiom of Foundation
Chapter III. Cardinal Numbers
1. Finite Sets
2. The Partial Order of the Cardinals
3. The Finite Arithmetic of the Cardinals
4. The Infinite Arithmetic of the Well Orderd Cardinals
Chapter IV. The Ordinals
1. Ordinal Addition and Multiplication
2. Ordinal Exponentiation
3. Cofinality and Regular Ordinals
4. Closed Unbounded Classes and Stationery Classes
Chapter V. The Axiom of Choice and Some of Its Consequences
1. The Axiom of Choice and Equivalent Statements
2. Some Weaker Versions of the Axiom of Choice
3. Definable Sets
4. Set Theory with Global Choice
5. Cardinal Exponentiation
Part B. Applications and Advanced Topics
Chapter VI. A Review of Point Set Topology
1. Basic concepts
2. Useful Properties and Operations
3. Category, Baire and Borel Sets
Chapter VII. The Real Spaces
1. The Real Numbers
2. The Separable Complete Metric Spaces
3. The Close Relationship Between the Real Numbers, the Cantor Space and the Baire Space
Chapter VIII. Boolean Algebras
1. The Basic Theory
2. Prime Ideals and Representation
3. Complete Boolean Algebras
4. Martin's Axiom
Chapter IX. Infinite Combinatorics and Large Cardinals
1. The Axiom of Constructibility
2. Trees
3. Partition Properties
4. Measurable Cardinals
Appendix X. The Eliminability and Conservation Theorems
Bibliography; Additional Bibliography; Index of Notation; Index
Appendix Corrections and Additions

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