Fast Track to Forcing

Description

This quick yet detailed introduction to set theory and forcing builds the reader's intuition about it as much as the mathematical detail. Intuition, rather absent from the existing literature on the subject, here plays a large role. The reader will not only learn the facts, but will understand why they are true and will be brought to ask: what else could be true? Having presented forcing in Part I, the second part of the book discusses contemporary issues in the theory of forcing. It includes known and some previously unpublished results as well as many open questions. This is ideal for those who want to start a research career in forcing but do not have a personal interlocutor. Obviously, not everything about forcing is in this book. Many references are included to help the reader further explore the vast amount of research literature available on the subject.

Mirna Dzamonja is an Associate Member at Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Universite Pantheon-Sorbonne. She works in logic, particularly set theory. The winner of a Lady Davis Fellowship and an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship, she wrote Theorie des ensembles pour les philosophes (2017). After years as a Full University Professor, she now researches and teaches logic in various international organisations.