This book is an informal though systematic series of lectures on Boolean algebras. It contains background chapters on topology and continuous functions and includes hundreds of exercises as well as a solutions manual.
Table of Content
Boolean Rings.- Boolean Algebras.- Boolean Algebras Versus Rings.- The Principle of Duality.- Fields of Sets.- Elementary Relations.- Order.- Infinite Operations.- Topology.- Regular Open Sets.- Subalgebras.- Homomorphisms.- Extensions of Homomorphisms.- Atoms.- Finite Boolean Algebras.- Atomless Boolean Algebras.- Congruences and Quotients.- Ideals and Filters.- Lattices of Ideals.- Maximal Ideals.- Homomorphism and Isomorphism Theorems.- The Representation Theorem.- Canonical Extensions.- Complete Homomorphisms and Complete Ideals.- Completions.- Products of Algebras.- Isomorphisms of Factors.- Free Algebras.- Boolean s-algebras.- The Countable Chain Condition.- Measure Algebras.- Boolean Spaces.- Continuous Functions.- Boolean Algebras and Boolean Spaces.- Duality for Ideals.- Duality for Homomorphisms.- Duality for Subalgebras.- Duality for Completeness.- Boolean s-spaces.- The Representation of s-algebras.- Boolean Measure Spaces.- Incomplete Algebras.- Duality for Products.- Sums of Algebras.- Isomorphisms of Countable Factors.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 574 ● ISBN 9780387684369 ● File size 4.2 MB ● Publisher Springer New York ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2008 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2145378 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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