Non-well-founded Set Theory - Applications

Applications

Aczel's hypersets were extensively used by Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy in their 1987 book The Liar, on the liar's paradox; The book is also good introduction to the topic of non-well-founded sets.

Boffa's superuniversality axiom has found application as a basis for axiomatic nonstandard analysis.

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