English

Noun

set theory ‎(uncountable)

1. (mathematics) The mathematical theory of sets.
   • 1984, Robert Goldblatt, Topoi, the categorial analysis of logic, p. 9

     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.

Synonyms

• sets (informal)

Derived terms

• set-theoretical
• naive set theory
• mereology

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See also

• Appendix:Glossary of set theory