Math 209, Set Theory, will be given in Winter 2005. Time: TR 2-3:15 Place: SH 4607 Instructor: John E. Doner Text: Set Theory: An Introduction, by Robert L. Vaught, 2nd ed. Office hours: MW 2-3, R 4-5 The course will cover the basics of set theory, including the algebra of sets, infinite sets, cardinalities, order types, ordinal numbers, Zorn's lemma and other equivalents of the Axiom of Choice, development of the real numbers, and some infinitary combinatorics. We will also discuss some of the axiom systems for set theory, and describe the major independence results of Godel, Cohen, and others. (However, this really is a course in classical as opposed to axiomatic set theory, so we won't go into these topics intensively.) The course will be accessible to any math graduate student, or anyone else who has some prior exposure to abstract mathematics.