内容简介
Everymathematicianagreesthateverymathematicianmustknowsomesettheory;thedisagreementbeginsintryingtodecidehowmuchissome.Thisbookcontainsmyanswertothatquestion.Thepurposeofthebookistotellthebeginningstudentofadvancedmathematicsthebasicsettheoreticfactsoflife,andtodosowiththeminimumofphilosophicaldiscourseandlogicalformalism.Thepointofviewthroughoutisthatofaprospectivemathematiciananxioustostudygroups,orintegrals,ormanifolds.Fromthispointofviewtheconceptsandmethodsofthisbookaremerelysomeofthestandardmathematicaltools;theexpertspecialistwillfindnothingnewhere。