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Logical dreams
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Abstract:

We discuss the past and future of set theory, axiom systems and independence results. We deal in particular with cardinal arithmetic.
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Additional Information
  • Saharon Shelah
  • Affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; Mathematics Department, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8019
  • MR Author ID: 160185
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-0462-3152
  • Email: shelah@math.huji.ac.il
  • Published electronically: February 12, 2003
  • Additional Notes: I would like to thank Alice Leonhardt for the beautiful typing. This paper is based on my lecture (and the preparations to the lecture) during the conference Mathematical Challenges of the 21st Century and is publication E23
  • © Copyright 2003 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 40 (2003), 203-228
  • MSC (2000): Primary 03-02, 03Bxx, 03Exx; Secondary 03Cxx, 03C45
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-03-00981-9
  • MathSciNet review: 1962296