Descriptive set theory: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:15, 20 May 2010

Revision as of 04:16, 20 May 2010

Line 1:

In [[mathematical logic]], '''descriptive set theory''' is the study of certain classes of "[[well-behaved]]" [[set (mathematics)|subset]]s of the [[real line]] and other [[Polish space]]s. As well as being one of the primary areas of research in [[set theory]], it has applications to otherareasother areas of mathematics such as [[functional analysis]], [[ergodic theory]] and the study of [[operator algebras]] and [[group actions]], not to mention mathematical logic.

== Polish spaces ==