Historically Speaking—: The Early Beginnings of Set Theory

Georg Canttor created and largely developed the theory of sets in approximately the year. 1874-1897. In contrast to such developments as the calculus and non-Euclidean geometry, The creation of set theory was, according to all indications, Cantor's alone. AIso, set theory was not preceded by a...

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Published in:The Mathematics teacher 1970-12, Vol.63 (8), p.690-692
Main Author: Johnson, Phillip E.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Georg Canttor created and largely developed the theory of sets in approximately the year. 1874-1897. In contrast to such developments as the calculus and non-Euclidean geometry, The creation of set theory was, according to all indications, Cantor's alone. AIso, set theory was not preceded by a long evoIutionary period such as is usually the case with big mathematical breakthroughs. The present article will concern itself primarily with the very earliest set-theoretic works of Cantor, namely, his first two papers in this area. 1
ISSN:0025-5769
2330-0582
DOI:10.5951/MT.63.8.0690