Set Theory and Independence Results: Winter 2024-2025

General Information:

• Lectures are in SR 404 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:05 to 13:35. Übungsstunden will be held on Fridays at 12:00 with Herrn Jakob.
• My Email: maxwell(dot)levine(at)mathematik(dot)uni-freiburg(dot)de (do not hesitate to email me, entweder auf Englisch oder auf Deutsch).

Sources for the Course

• Current version of the course notes (last updated after lecture on December 19).
• The material is mostly taken from two textbooks: Set Theory: The Third Millenium Edition by Thomas Jech and the 1980 edition of Set Theory by Kenneth Kunen. Both are available electronically through the university's library. (There is also an updated version of Kunen's textbook that is not available electronically.)
• A copy of the previous version of the course script (in German).

Problem Sets:

• Exercise Sheet 1
• Exercise Sheet 2 (updated)
• Exercise Sheet 3
• Exercise Sheet 4 (with clarification that atoms are positive)
• Exercise Sheet 5
• Exercise Sheet 6
• Exercise Sheet 7 (corrected; NB: An atom of a poset is an element r such that for all p,q≤r, p and q are compatible.)
• Exercise Sheet 8 (with fix to hint for 2b)
• Exercise Sheet 9 (bonus)