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Georg Cantor

(1845–1918) Mathematician

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Georg Cantor was a mathematician, best known for Contributions to the founding of the theory of transfinite numbers.

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Born
February 19, 1845
Died
January 6, 1918
Profession
Mathematician
Notable works
Contributions to the founding of the theory of transfinite numbers

About Georg Cantor

Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor was a mathematician who played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics. Cantor established the importance of one-to-one correspondence between the members of two sets, defined infinite and well-ordered sets, and proved that the real numbers are more numerous than the natural numbers. Cantor's method of proof of this theorem implies the existence of an infinity of infinities. He defined the cardinal and ordinal numbers and their arithmetic. Cantor's work is of great philosophical interest, a fact of which he was well aware.

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