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Set theory was developed by one individual, Georg Cantor. As a research project, prepare a...

Set theory was developed by one individual, Georg Cantor. As a research project, prepare a report on the history of set theory. As part of your report, include a brief history on Cantor. One suggested source for you to begin your research is the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) web site:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sei-theory

For any set to be useful and functional, it must be well defined. We must be able to determine whether an element is a member of a particular set. Discuss in a group each of the following and then present ways of determining whether or not a set is well defined.

a. Three players on the women's basketball team at Brevard Community College were described as tall.


b. Jillian described Professor Gallo as her best mathematics instructor.


c. Joe's Pizza Palace advertises that it sells the biggest "large" pizza in town.

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