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Zermelo set theory

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An early and influential axiomatisation of set theory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory

Examples

  • 1998, Geoffrey Hellman, 8: Beyond Definitionism—But Not Too Far Beyond, Matthias Schirn (editor), 2003, Paperback, The Philosophy of Mathematics Today, Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), page 215, The system can be claimed to transcend certain critical limitations of predicative analysis and certain awkwardness of known nominalistic approaches to mathematics at once, and would seem to provide a well-motivated alternative to Zermelo set theory as a framework for scientifically applicable mathematics.

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History

Etymology

After German mathematician Ernst Zermelo, who introduced the theory in a paper in 1908.

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2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Italian: teoria degli insiemi di Zermelo — early axiomatisation of set theory
  • Polish: aksjomatyka Zermela — early axiomatisation of set theory