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Georg Cantor: His Mathematics and Philosophy of the Infinite
Hup (1979)
Abstract
One of the greatest revolutions in mathematics occurred when Georg Cantor (1845-1918) promulgated his theory of transfinite sets.Reprint years
1990
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0691085838 9780691085838 9780691024479 0691024472
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10.2307/2273171
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