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set theory

noun

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  1. The mathematical theory of sets.

    • We mentioned previously that certain paradoxes in set theory arose shortly after Cantor's works were published.
    • The above argument, known as Russell's Paradox, was discovered by Bertrand Russell in 1901. Set theory itself began a few decades earlier with the work of George Cantor.
    • The serious study of models of axiomatic set theories depends heavily on methods from mathematical logic which are outside the scope of these Notes.

  2. A systematic approach to describing musical objects and their relationships.

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