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An outlook on infinity. V: An axiomatic set theory APAS for holding the actual infinity and the potential infinity concurrently. (Chinese. English summary) Zbl 1097.01505

Summary: In a view of mathematics and epistemology, in the series of papers from I to V, the historical background and current situation of the problem of infinity are reviewed. The restriction of the repellency of two existing views on the infinity is pointed out, an outlook on the infinity to unify the actual infinity and the potential infinity into one framework are presented, and an axiomatic system of sets is established based on such a framework.
For the other parts see Zbl 1099.03506, Zbl 1097.01506, Zbl 1097.01507 and Zbl 1097.01508.

MSC:

03A05 Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations
00A30 Philosophy of mathematics
01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century
03-03 History of mathematical logic and foundations
03E70 Nonclassical and second-order set theories