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Definition of Set theory

1. Noun. The branch of pure mathematics that deals with the nature and relations of sets.

Definition of Set theory

1. Noun. (mathematics) The mathematical theory of sets. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Set theory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geometric Computing Science: First Steps by Robert Hermann (1991)
"... in set theory Mathematical logic enters at many points in computer science. (Indeed, the cliche that it is ‘the calculus of computer science' is true!). ..."

2. Statistics, Probability, and Game Theory: Papers in Honor of David Blackwellby David Blackwell, Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, Lloyd S. Shapley, James B. MacQueen by David Blackwell, Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, Lloyd S. Shapley, James B. MacQueen (1996)
"Blackwell's idea had a major impact on descriptive set theory. Many questions in that subject were known to be unanswerable on the basis of the standard ZFC ..."

3. Expanding Access to Science and Technology: The Role of Information by Ines Wesley-Tanaskovic, Jacques Tocatlian, Kenneth H. Roberts (1994)
"A second approach is suggested by Zadeh's Fuzzy set theory. There have been a few attempts to apply fuzzy set theory to information retrieval, though it has ..."

4. A Festschrift for Herman Rubin by Anirban DasGupta, Herman Rubin (2004)
"I was always interested in set theory and while in graduate school at Chicago I took a ... There is a version of set theory that he showed me (called the ..."

5. The Praxis of Alain Badiou by Paul Ashton, A J Bartlett, Justin Clemens (2006)
"The remainder of this first section will concentrate on the first two points: axiomatic set theory as a possible ontology of the pure multiple, ..."

6. Progress Measures and Finite Arguments for Infinite Computations by Nils Klarlund (1990)
"... termination under extreme fairness can measured under assumption that the computation graph is a tree. 7.3 Applications to Descriptive set theory The ..."

7. Dollars and Sense of Command and Control by Raymond C. Bjorklund (1995)
"The other two categories, fuzzy set theory and catastrophe theory, ... Conolly and Pierce explain that proponents of fuzzy set theory believe the ..."

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