Numbers, Sets and Axioms
Subtitle: The Apparatus of Mathematics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 28, 1983
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780521245098
Subjects: Set theory; Arithmetic--Foundations; Mathematics / Combinatorics
First sentence: First we consider what are the basic notions of mathematics, and emphasise the need for mathematicians to agree on a common starting point for their deductions.