Description: The set of filters on a set. Definition 1 (axioms FI, FIIa, FIIb, FIII)
of BourbakiTop1 p. I.36. Filters are used to define the concept of
limit in the general case. They are a generalization of the idea of
neighborhoods. Suppose you are in RR . With neighborhoods you can
express the idea of a variable that tends to a specific number but you
can't express the idea of a variable that tends to infinity. Filters
relax the "axioms" of neighborhoods and then succeed in expressing the
idea of something that tends to infinity. Filters were invented by
Cartan in 1937 and made famous by Bourbaki in his treatise. A notion
similar to the notion of filter is the concept of net invented by Moore
and Smith in 1922. (Contributed by FL, 20-Jul-2007)(Revised by Stefan O'Rear, 28-Jul-2015)