Set theory (NAIL063), 2025/2026
Česká verze (Czech version)
Jan Kynčl, KAM (kyncl - at - kam.mff.cuni.cz)
The lecture takes place on Thursdays at 9:00 in S4.
Entry in SIS, syllabus
We can arrange consultations in person or by email.
Recommended literature
- [BS] B. Balcar, P. Štěpánek, Teorie množin, Academia, Praha, 2001 (or earlier editions). In Czech. Available in the library in Troja.
Other resources:
- [HJ] Karel Hrbacek, Thomas Jech: Introduction to Set Theory, 3. edition, Marcel Dekker, 1999 - an English alternative to [BS], slightly different approach, but a great overlap of topics
- Thomas Jech, Set theory, Springer, 2003 (Part I)
- Richard Evan Schwartz, Gallery of the infinite, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2016 (link)
- Mirek Olšák, Essence of Set Theory - very nice animated videos (slightly different terminology - axiom of existence, axiom of infinity, ordering, ...)
- Joel David Hamkins: Infinity, Gödel Incompleteness, and the Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics | Lex Fridman Podcast #488
The lecture will be in English, the topics very similar to the last year.