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Georg Cantor and the Origins of Transfinite Set Theory

How large is an infinite set? Cantor demonstrated that there is a hierarchy of infinities, each one "Larger" than the preceding one. His set theory is one of the cornerstones of mathematics

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 248 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “Georg Cantor and the Origins of Transfinite Set Theory” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 248 No. 6 (), p. 122
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0683-122