Why is Set Theory so important? I always see /sci/ talking about it but what are the actual applications? >pic unrelated

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Anonymous Sun Apr 17 15:55:18 2016 No.8011651 [Reply] [Original]

Why is Set Theory so important? I always see /sci/ talking about it but what are the actual applications?

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>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 17 16:12:55 2016 No.8011681 It is the foundation for analysis and a lot of other stuff.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 17 16:57:20 2016 No.8011787 Hardcore set theory is basically useless intellectual masturbation The basic language of naive set theory is used by 99% of mathematics, that's the only practical use of set theory

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 18 02:53:20 2016 No.8012897 >>8011651 >what are the applications of set theory? The field of mathematics

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 18 03:11:32 2016 No.8012923 File: 19 KB, 217x320, j33vesu.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8011651 >tfw you can't dafine set >tfw we must use axioms >tfw all math stands on le obvious simple truths JUST

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