Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-2016
Department
Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Keywords
set theory, infinity, Georg Cantor, Richard Dedekind, logic
Abstract
In this chapter we will explore the notion of cardinality or numerosity from a more theoretical perspective. And our focus here will be on infinite sets: what distinguishes them from finite sets, and what distinguishes them from one another. This is the central topic that initiated the development of Set Theory by the German mathematicians Cantor and Dedekind in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, from 1872 – 1897.
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Recommended Citation
Jongsma, C. (2016). Discrete Mathematics: Chapter 5, Set Theory & Infinity. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/faculty_work/429
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