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    Alternative set theory with elementary classes

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    summary:In this paper we sketch the development and give a model of the formal version of a generalization of the Alternative Set Theory

    Indiscernibles in the alternative set theory

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    Biequivalence vector spaces in the alternative set theory

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    summary:As a counterpart to classical topological vector spaces in the alternative set theory, biequivalence vector spaces (over the field QQ of all rational numbers) are introduced and their basic properties are listed. A methodological consequence opening a new view towards the relationship between the algebraic and topological dual is quoted. The existence of various types of valuations on a biequivalence vector space inducing its biequivalence is proved. Normability is characterized in terms of total convexity of the monad and/or of the galaxy of 00. Finally, the existence of a rather strong type of basis for a fairly extensive area of biequivalence vector spaces, containing all the most important particular cases, is established

    Infinity and Continuum in the Alternative Set Theory

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    Alternative set theory was created by the Czech mathematician Petr Vop\v enka in 1979 as an alternative to Cantor's set theory. Vop\v enka criticised Cantor's approach for its loss of correspondence with the real world. Alternative set theory can be partially axiomatised and regarded as a nonstandard theory of natural numbers. However, its intention is much wider. It attempts to retain a correspondence between mathematical notions and phenomena of the natural world. Through infinity, Vop\v enka grasps the phenomena of vagueness. Infinite sets are defined as sets containing proper semisets, i.e. vague parts of sets limited by the horizon. The new interpretation extends the field of applicability of mathematics and simultaneously indicates its limits. This incidentally provides a natural solution to some classic philosophical problems such as the composition of a continuum, Zeno's paradoxes and sorites. Compared to strict finitism and other attempts at a reduction of the infinite to the finite Vop\v enka's theory reverses the process: he models the finite in the infinite.Comment: 25 page

    Biequivalences and topology in the alternative set theory

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    Hamiltonian symplectic embedding of the massive noncommutative U(1) Theory

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    We show that the massive noncommutative U(1) theory is embedded in a gauge theory using an alternative systematic way, which is based on the symplectic framework. The embedded Hamiltonian density is obtained after a finite number of steps in the iterative symplectic process, oppositely to the result proposed using the BFFT formalism. This alternative formalism of embedding shows how to get a set of dynamically equivalent embedded Hamiltonian densities.Comment: 16 pages, no figures, revtex4, corrected version, references additione

    Some automorphisms of natural numbers in the alternative set theory

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