Hausdorff on ordered sets / J.M. Plotkin, editor ; translated by J.M. Plotkin.

Georg Cantor, the founder of set theory, published his last paper on sets in 1897. In 1900, David Hilbert made Cantor's Continuum Problem and the challenge of well-ordering the real numbers the first problem in his famous Paris lecture. It was time for the appearance of the second generation of...

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Main Author: Hausdorff, Felix, 1868-1942
Other Authors: Plotkin, J. M. (Jacob M.), 1941-
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society, ©2005.
Series:History of mathematics ; v. 25.
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Uniform Title:Works.
Table of Contents:
  • Selected Hausdorff bibliography Introduction to "About a certain kind of ordered sets" About a certain kind of ordered sets [H 1901b] Introduction to "The concept of power in set theory" The concept of power in set theory [H 1904a] Introduction to "Investigations into order types, I, II, III" Investigations into order types [H 1906b] Introduction to "Investigations into order types IV, V" Investigations into order types [H 1907a] Introduction to "About dense order types" About dense order types [H 1907b] Introduction to "The fundamentals of a theory of ordered sets" The fundamentals of a theory of ordered sets [H 1908] Introduction to "Graduation by final behavior" Graduation by final behavior [H 1909a] Appendix. Sums of $\aleph _1$ sets [H 1936b]