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Another Use of Set Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2014

Patrick Dehornoy
Patrick Dehornoy*
Affiliation:
Mathématiques, Université Decaen, 14032 CAEN, France. E-mail: dehornoy@math.unicaen.fr
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Abstract

Here, we analyse some recent applications of set theory to topology and argue that set theory is not only the closed domain where mathematics is usually founded, but also a flexible framework where imperfect intuitions can be precisely formalized and technically elaborated before they possibly migrate toward other branches. This apparently new role is mostly reminiscent of the one played by other external fields like theoretical physics, and we think that it could contribute to revitalize the interest in set theory in the future.

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Bulletin of Symbolic Logic , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 379 - 391
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1996

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