Beyond Infinity: Georg Cantor and Leopold Kronecker's Dispute over Transfinite Numbers
Thesis advisor: Patrick Byrne === In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor opened up the mathematical field of set theory with his development of transfinite numbers. In his radical departure from previous notions of infinity espoused by both mathematicians and philosophers, Cantor created new notions...
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Boston College
2005
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2345/481 |