Great Thinkers, Great Theorems
Great Thinkers, Great Theorems
Cantor and the Infinite (1x23)
Uitzenddatum: Jan 01, 2010
Another turning point of 19th-century mathematics was an increasing level of abstraction, notably in the approach to the infinite taken by Georg Cantor. Explore the paradoxes of the "completed" infinite, and how Cantor resolved this mystery with transfinite numbers, exemplified by the transfinite cardinal aleph-naught.
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