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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Georg_CantorGeorg Cantor - Wikipedia

    Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor (/ ˈ k æ n t ɔːr / KAN-tor, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfɛʁdinant ˈluːtvɪç ˈfiːlɪp ˈkantoːɐ̯]; 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1845 – 6 January 1918) was a mathematician who played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics.

  2. Jun 3, 2024 · Georg Cantor (born March 3, 1845, St. Petersburg, Russia—died January 6, 1918, Halle, Germany) was a German mathematician who founded set theory and introduced the mathematically meaningful concept of transfinite numbers, indefinitely large but distinct from one another.

  3. Georg Cantor was a Russian-born mathematician who can be considered as the founder of set theory and introduced the concept of infinite numbers with his discovery of cardinal numbers. He also advanced the study of trigonometric series.

  4. Mar 29, 2019 · Georg Cantor was the first to fully address such an abstract concept, and he did it by developing set theory, which led him to the surprising conclusion that there are infinities of different sizes. Faced with the rejection of his counterintuitive ideas, Cantor doubted himself and suffered successive nervous breakdowns, until dying ...

  5. The German Georg Cantor was an outstanding violinist, but an even more outstanding mathematician. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he lived until he was eleven.

  6. History of logic - Georg Cantor, Set Theory, Mathematics: A development in Germany originally completely distinct from logic but later to merge with it was Georg Cantor’s development of set theory.

  7. www.britannica.com › Georg-Ferdinand-Ludwig-Philipp-CantorGeorg Cantor summary | Britannica

    Georg Cantor, (born March 3, 1845, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Jan. 6, 1918, Halle, Ger.), German mathematician, founder of set theory. He was the first to examine number systems, such as the rational numbers and the real numbers, systematically as complete entities, or sets.