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	Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of set theory (ZF) are the standard axioms of axiomatic set theory on which, together with the axiom of choice, all of ordinary mathematics is based in modern formulations.
		The axioms are the result of work by Thoralf Skolem in 1922, based on earlier work by Adolf Fraenkel in the same year, which was based on the axiom system put forth by Ernst Zermelo in 1908 (Zermelo set theory).
		Axiom of union: For any set x, there is a set y such that the elements of y are precisely the elements of the elements of x.
	open-encyclopedia.com /ZFC (492 words)

	Empty set - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In axiomatic set theory it is postulated to exist by the axiom of empty set.
		In the axiomatization of set theory known as Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, the existence of the empty set is assured by the axiom of empty set.
		The empty set can be turned into a topological space in just one way (by defining the empty set to be open); this empty topological space is the unique initial object in the category of topological spaces with continuous maps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Empty_set (1364 words)

	Axiom of empty set - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In set theory, the axiom of empty set is one of the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory.
		In some formulations of ZF, the axiom of empty set is actually repeated in the axiom of infinity.
		Also, the ZF axioms can also be written using a constant predicate representing the empty set; then the axiom of infinity uses this predicate without requiring it to be empty, while the axiom of empty set is needed to state that it is in fact empty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Axiom_of_empty_set (263 words)

	PlanetMath: axiom schema of separation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Axiom Schema of Separation is an axiom schema of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory.
		is a set and we have reached a Russell paradox.
		This is version 15 of axiom schema of separation, born on 2003-06-24, modified 2003-06-25.
	planetmath.org /encyclopedia/AxiomSchemaOfSeparation.html (182 words)

	Axiomatic set theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Set theory is a branch of mathematics created principally by the German mathematician Georg Cantor at the end of the 19th century.
		Initially controversial, set theory has come to play the role of a foundations of mathematicsfoundational theory/ in modern mathematics, in the sense of a theory invoked to justify assumptions made in mathematics concerning the existence of mathematical objects (such as numbers or functions) and their properties.
		It is often asserted that axiomatic set theory is thus an adequate foundation for current mathematical practice, in the sense that ''in principle'' all proofs produced by the mathematical community could be written formally in set theory terms.
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	Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of set theory (ZF) are the standard axioms of
		Axiom of pairing: If x, y are sets, then there exists a set containing x and y as its only elements, which we denote by {x,y} or {x} ∪ {y}.
		Axiom of infinity: There exists a set x such that {} is in x and whenever y is in x, so is y ∪ {y}.
	www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=ZFC (444 words)

	zfc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of set theory (ZF), are the standard axioms of axiomatic set theory on which, together with the axiom of choice, all of ordinary mathematics is based.
		The axiom system has an infinite number of axioms because an axiom schema is used.
		An equivalent finite alternative system is given by the von Neumann-Bernays-Gödel axioms (NBG), which distinguish between classes and sets.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /ZFC.html (452 words)

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		The boundary points in it, which are empty, are in the empty set, and the set is therefore closed, while the interior points in it, which are empty again, are the subset of the empty set, and the set is therefore open.
		It may stem, in part, from the gap between intuitive structures that are generally modelled by sets, such as piles of objects, and the formal definition of a set.
		Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, the existence of the empty set is assured by the axiom of empty set.
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Empty_set (1098 words)

	Articles - Axiomatic set theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Initially controversial, set theory has come to play the role of a foundational theory in modern mathematics, in the sense of a theory invoked to justify assumptions made in mathematics concerning the existence of mathematical objects (such as numbers or functions) and their properties.
		Axiom of choice: (Zermelo's version) Given a set x of mutually disjoint nonempty sets, there is a set y (a choice set for x) containing exactly one element from each member of x.
		The most frequent objection to set theory is the constructivist view that mathematics is loosely related to computation and that naive set theory is being formalised with the addition of noncomputational elements.
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	Articles - Naive set theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Naive set theory was created at the end of the 19th century by Georg Cantor in order to allow mathematicians to work with infinite sets consistently.
		Two sets A and B are defined to be equal when they have precisely the same elements, that is, if every element of A is an element of B and every element of B is an element of A.
		This is the set consisting of all objects which are elements of A or of B or of both (see axiom of union).
	www.gaple.com /articles/Naive_set_theory (2455 words)

	Axiom of empty set
		In axiomatic set theory and the branches of logic, mathematics, and computer science that use it, the axiom of empty set is one of the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory.
		There is a set A such that, given any set B, B is not a member of A.
		The axiom of empty set may also be seen as a special case of a generalisation of the axiom of pairing.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/axiom_of_empty_set (336 words)

	Axiom schema of specification : Axiom schema of comprehension (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In axiomatic set theory and the branches of logic, mathematics, and computer science that use it, the axiom schema of specification, or axiom schema of separation, or axiom schema of restricted comprehension, is a schema of axioms in Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory.
		The axiom schema of specification is generally considered uncontroversial as far as it goes, and it or an equivalent appears in just about any alternative axiomatization of set theory.
		Most of the other Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms (but not the axiom of extension or the axiom of regularity) then became necessary to serve as an additional replacement for the axiom schema of comprehension; each of these axioms states that a certain set exists, and defines that set by giving a predicate for its members to satisfy.
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		Axiom of union - For any set x, there is a set y such that the elements of y are precisely the elements of the elements of x.
		Axiom of infinity - There exists a set x such that {} is in x and whenever y is in x, so is the union y U {y}.
		Axiom of replacement - Given any set and any mapping, formally defined as a proposition P(x,y) where P(x,y) and P(x,z) implies y = z, there is a set containing precisely the images of the original set's elements.
	home.freeuk.net /steve.edwards/odl116_answers.htm (1368 words)

	Set Theory:Axioms - Wikibooks
		Axiom of Pair: If A and B are sets, then there is a set containing exactly A and B.
		The following axiom is somewhat of a convention but various models of set theory have been defined without it, or even using axiom stating things close to the opposite.
		It remains the most controversial axiom among mathematicians, and for that reason, when using ZF with the Axiom of Choice, it is often specified as ZFC.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Set_Theory:Axioms (703 words)

	Empty set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The closure of the empty set is empty.
		For example, if A is a set then the axiom schema of separation allows the construction of the set B =, which can be defined to be the empty set.
		If A is a set, then there exists precisely one function f from to A, the empty function.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Empty-set.htm (1179 words)

	Natural Numbers
		Using the Axiom of the empty set we can assure that there exist a set containing no members, the empty set.
		Suppose we have a set A with a elements.
		The 3:rd axiom is a bit harder to show to be true, and we will leave that to be done later.
	hemsidor.torget.se /users/m/mauritz/math/num/setnat.htm (692 words)

	Axiom of the empty set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The axiom of the empty set uses the existential quantifier (
		The axiom of the empty set is as follows.
		The empty set is denoted by the symbol
	www.mtnmath.com /whatrh/node42.html (53 words)

	Natural Numbers
		Definition 4.1: An empty set is a set that has no elements.
		Axiom 4: The empty set is a set.
		Definition 4.2: The number 0 is the empty set.
	www.sonoma.edu /users/w/wilsonst/papers/finite/4 (470 words)

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		This axiom tells us that the union of all possible subsets of these points are always contained by the circle and do not include the edge of the circle.
		Topology Axiom 3: The empty set is an element of the family, and so is the underlying set.
		The first is easy to understand, for a standard principle of set theory tells us that the empty set is an element of every set.
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	Axioms of Set Theory
		The clearest example of how set theory builds on the empty set is the construction of the integers.
		The integer 1 is defined as the set containing the empty set.
		Two is defined as the set that contains 1 and the empty set (or 0).
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	Formal Foundations of Computer Science 1 -- 3.1 The Datatype Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The domain of sets has a single binary predicate is element of (ist Element von) denoted by the infix constant ` in '.
		Axiom 2 (Empty Set) There exists a set that is empty, i.e., that does not contain any elements:
		Finite sets (i.e., sets with a finite number of elements) can be constructed by explicit enumeration.
	www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at /education/courses/formal/report/index_20.html (944 words)

	MATH220/221 Formal Methods & Discrete Structures -- L. E. Rogers, Pepperdine University ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Q } is the set of values of the expression E for all states in which the Boolean expression Q is True.
		For sets A and B, [A152] Axiom (definition of proper subset).
		For sets A and B, [A209] Theorem (cardinality < is transitive).
	faculty.pepperdine.edu /lrogers/ma220/axsthms221.html (231 words)

	Physics Help and Math Help - Physics Forums - The empty set
		When I took a math foundations class we only did naive set theory and took as an axiom that the empty set is a member of every set.
		All that's taken as an axiom is that the empty set exists.
		As stated earlier, the empty set is a subset of every set because the conditional IF/THEN is always true when the antecedent (the part after the IF) is false.
	www.physicsforums.com /printthread.php?t=38845 (960 words)

	zfaxioms.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Axiom ZF1 - Sets with the same members are equal - (Extensionality).
		({x,{x}} is the set containing all the members of x and the set x itself.
		, then, given any set a, there is a set b such that, given any set c, c is a member of b if and only if there is a set d such that d is a member of a and \Phi holds for d and c.
	www.umsl.edu /~siegel/SetTheoryandTopology/zfaxioms.htm (270 words)

	MainFrame:Axioms for galactic set theory.
		The axioms of extensionality and well-foundedness may be thought of as telling us what kind of thing a set is (later axioms tell us how many of these sets are to be found in our domain of discourse).
		The axiom of well-foundedness asserts the requirement that the elements of ('a)GS are a subset of the cumulative heirarchy of sets formed by iteration of set formation beginning with the empty set.
		The remaining axioms are intended to ensure that the subset is a large and well-rounded subset of the cumulative heirarchy.
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	zfaxioms.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This set has two members, the Set with 0 members, a Set with 1 member.
		This set has three members, the Set with 0 members, a Set with 1 member and a Set with 2 members.
		Translation: The functional image of a Set is a Set.
	www.umsl.edu /~siegel/SetTheoryandTopology/zfaxioms.html (286 words)

	The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms: formal presentation (from set theory) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Axiomatic set theory > Postulates of axiomatic set theory > The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms: formal presentation
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		In those societies chiefly identified with the practice, a person belonged, either from birth or from a determined age, to a named age set that passed through a series of stages, each of which had a distinctive status or social and political role.
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	Amazon.com: Books: Elements of Set Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Some knowledge of set theory is necessary part of the background everyone needs for further study of mathematics.
		It is an insightful development of set theory, both as a foundation for mathematics and a distinctive mathematical discipline in its own right.
		The axioms, which comprise a system known as Zermelo Fraenkel set theory with Choice, are introduced as needed in the overall development (so Replacement Axioms aren't mentioned until page 179).
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	Some set theoretical aspects.
		The axioms of the Peano's arithmetic can be shown to be theorems under any strong enough set theory, for example the
		This states that sets are uniquely defined by their members.
		The axiom does actually show you the form of this set.
	linas.org /mirrors/www.torget.se/2001.03.23/users/m/mauritz/math/num/set.htm (398 words)

	Physics Help and Math Help - Physics Forums - the search for absolute infinity
		By GIF set theory our models does not have to be quantified before we can deal with them, because GIF set theory has the ability to deal with any information structure in a direct way, which keeps its dynamic natural complexity during the research.
		While the concept of Being is an empty concept, whose content is nothing, it becomes clear that the concept of Nothing, has equivalently, the same content as the concept of Being, but which seems to stand in diametric opposition to it.
		restatement of all nonchoice axioms with this notation:
	www.physicsforums.com /printthread.php?t=11429&pp=40 (4139 words)

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