| From: | Andy Colson <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net> |
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| To: | matty jones <urlugal(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: set theory question |
| Date: | 2011-02-03 15:18:29 |
| Message-ID: | 4D4AC745.9060507@squeakycode.net |
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On 2/2/2011 4:58 PM, matty jones wrote:
> I am looking for a good book on the math and/or theory behind relational
> databases and associated topics.. I am looking some works on set
> theory, algebra, or any other books/papers on the mechanics that
> databases are built on. I found one book online,
> http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~maier/TheoryBook/TRD.html, The Theory of
> Relational Databases by David Maier and that is what got me interested
> in the foundations of database design and theory.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
Dont know any books, but have you read the wikipedia page?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory
Its probably more of an intro, but it might have
people/theories/axims/etc that you could find books on.
-Andy
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