Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Basics of set theory
- Part II Fundamental tools of set theory
- 4 Well orderings and transfinite induction
- 5 Cardinal numbers
- Part III The power of recursive definitions
- Part IV When induction is too short
- A Axioms of set theory
- B Comments on the forcing method
- C Notation
- References
- Index
4 - Well orderings and transfinite induction
from Part II - Fundamental tools of set theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Basics of set theory
- Part II Fundamental tools of set theory
- 4 Well orderings and transfinite induction
- 5 Cardinal numbers
- Part III The power of recursive definitions
- Part IV When induction is too short
- A Axioms of set theory
- B Comments on the forcing method
- C Notation
- References
- Index
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- Set Theory for the Working Mathematician , pp. 37 - 60Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997