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Abelian Groups - László Fuchs [Springer]

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Table of Notations<br />

Set Theory<br />

; : subset, proper subset<br />

[; \: set union, intersection<br />

: cartesian product<br />

X n Y Dfx 2 X j x … Yg<br />

jSj: cardinality of the set S<br />

¿: emptyset<br />

fa 2 A jg: set of elements of A satisfying <br />

fa i g i2I :thesetofalla i with i 2 I<br />

;;;:::: cardinals<br />

˛;ˇ;:::;;;:ordinals<br />

@ 1 : finite, @ 0 : countable cardinal<br />

2 @ 0<br />

: continuum<br />

@ : th infinite cardinal, th aleph<br />

!: first infinite ordinal or the set f0; 1; : : : ; n;:::g<br />

! : th initial ordinal (j! jD@ )<br />

cf : cofinality of the ordinal <br />

): implication<br />

,: equivalence, if and only if<br />

8: forall<br />

9: there exists<br />

:: negation<br />

ZFC : Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of set theory + Axiom of Choice<br />

CH: Continuum Hypothesis<br />

GCH: Generalized Continuum Hypothesis<br />

V: model of set theory<br />

L: Gödel’s Axiom of Constructibility<br />

V = L: Axiom L is assumed<br />

}: Jensen’s Diamond Principle<br />

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