This book bridges the gap between the many elementary introductions to set theory that are available today and the more advanced, specialized monographs. The au

This is modern set theory from the ground up--from partial orderings and well-ordered sets to models, infinite cobinatorics and large cardinals. The approach is

Presents those methods of modern set theory most applicable to other areas of pure mathematics.

This textbook gives an introduction to axiomatic set theory and examines the prominent questions that are relevant in current research in a manner that is acces