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Steven Givant
Paul Halmos
Introduction to Boolean
Algebras
ABC
Steven Givant
Mills College
Department of Mathematics
Paul Halmos
(Deceased)
and Computer Science
5000 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland CA 94613-1301
USA
givant@mills.edu
Editorial Board
S. Axler
Mathematics Department
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132
USA
axler@sfsu.edu
K.A. Ribet
Department of Mathematics
University of California
at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
USA
ribet@math.berkeley.edu
ISSN: 0172-6056
ISBN: 978-0-387-40293-2
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-68436-9
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-68436-9
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008939810
Mathematics Subject Classication (2000): 06Exx
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Contents
Preface
ix
1BooleanRings 1
Exercises ................................ 5
2 Boolean Algebras 8
Exercises ................................ 11
3 Boolean Algebras Versus Rings 14
Exercises ................................ 18
4 The Principle of Duality 20
Exercises ................................ 22
5 Fields of Sets 24
Exercises ................................ 28
6 Elementary Relations 31
Exercises ................................ 33
7Order 38
Exercises ................................ 42
8 Innite Operations 45
Exercises ................................ 49
9 Topology 53
Exercises ................................ 61
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