TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– This paper is the fourth part of the effort to resolve the following two problems that urgently need an answer: how can an appropriate theoretical foundation be chosen for modern mathematics and computer science? And, under what interpretations can modern mathematics and the theory of computer science be kept as completely as possible?Design/methodology/approach– The paper is a conceptual discussion.Findings– The paper lays out the set theoretical foundation for the mathematical system of potential infinities.Originality/value– This work is the non‐logical axiomatic part of the mathematical system of potential infinities: the axiomatic set theoretic system. At the end, the problem of consistency of this axiomatic set theory is discussed. VL - 37 IS - 3/4 SN - 0368-492X DO - 10.1108/03684920810863507 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920810863507 AU - Zhu Wujia AU - Lin Yi AU - Du Guoping AU - Gong Ningsheng ED - Yi Lin PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - Mathematical system of potential infinities (IV) – set theoretic foundation T2 - Kybernetes PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 516 EP - 525 Y2 - 2024/04/16 ER -