set theory
noun
: a branch of mathematics or of symbolic logic that deals with the nature and relations of sets
set theoretic
adjective
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But the viewer doesn’t need to know a thing about set theory to find her organization of lines and angles beautiful.
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Grace Edquist, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
Zermelo introduced the axiom of choice because the eight axioms of the Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory were not powerful enough and could not be used to construct a selection function.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
An Alternative Mathematics Some experts were therefore determined to reject the axiom of choice and instead work only with the eight fundamental truths of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
The foundation of mathematics continues to rely on set theory.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
Causal set theory, another contender for a theory of quantum gravity, posits that space and time are made of more fundamental components as well.
—Adam Becker, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
The first person to harness this power was Georg Cantor, the founder of the mathematical subfield of set theory.
—WIRED, 29 Oct. 2023
Maggie Koerth-Baker on what Christian fundamentalists have against set theory.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2012
His first major paper, published in 1925, set about refurbishing set theory along clean, logical lines.
—Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic, 8 Mar. 2022
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Grace Edquist, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
Zermelo introduced the axiom of choice because the eight axioms of the Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory were not powerful enough and could not be used to construct a selection function.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
An Alternative Mathematics Some experts were therefore determined to reject the axiom of choice and instead work only with the eight fundamental truths of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
The foundation of mathematics continues to rely on set theory.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
Causal set theory, another contender for a theory of quantum gravity, posits that space and time are made of more fundamental components as well.
—Adam Becker, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
The first person to harness this power was Georg Cantor, the founder of the mathematical subfield of set theory.
—WIRED, 29 Oct. 2023
Maggie Koerth-Baker on what Christian fundamentalists have against set theory.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2012
His first major paper, published in 1925, set about refurbishing set theory along clean, logical lines.
—Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic, 8 Mar. 2022
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