Mathematical topics typically emerge and evolve through interactions among many
researchers. Set theory, however, was founded by a single paper in 1874 by Georg Cantor: "On a Characteristic Property of All Real Algebraic Numbers".
Since the 5th century BC, beginning with Greek mathematician Zeno of Elea in the West and early Indian mathematicians in the East, there had been mathematicians struggling with the concept of infinity. The Indian Jains in the 4th century BC proposed the concept of there being different types of infinities: infinite in length (one dimension), infinite in area (two dimensions), infinite in volume (three dimensions), and infinite perpetually (infinite dimensions). In the 10th century AD, Udayana, founder of the Navya-Nyaya school of Indian logic, developed theories on "restrictive conditions for universals" and "infinite regress" that anticipated aspects of modern set theory.[4] Especially notable is the work of Bernard Bolzano in the first half of the 19th century. The modern understanding of infinity began in 1867-71, with Cantor's work on number theory. An 1872 meeting between Cantor and Richard Dedekind influenced Cantor's thinking and culminated in Cantor's 1874 paper.
Cantor's work initially polarized the mathematicians of his day. While Karl Weierstrass and Dedekind supported Cantor, Leopold Kronecker, now seen as a founder
Mathematical topics typically emerge and evolve through interactions among many
researchers. Set theory, however, was founded by a single paper in 1874 by Georg Cantor: "On a Characteristic Property of All Real Algebraic Numbers".
Since the 5th century BC, beginning with Greek mathematician Zeno of Elea in the West and early Indian mathematicians in the East, there had been mathematicians struggling with the concept of infinity. The Indian Jains in the 4th century BC proposed the concept of there being different types of infinities: infinite in length (one dimension), infinite in area (two dimensions), infinite in volume (three dimensions), and infinite perpetually (infinite dimensions). In the 10th century AD, Udayana, founder of the Navya-Nyaya school of Indian logic, developed theories on "restrictive conditions for universals" and "infinite regress" that anticipated aspects of modern set theory.[4] Especially notable is the work of Bernard Bolzano in the first half of the 19th century. The modern understanding of infinity began in 1867-71, with Cantor's work on number theory. An 1872 meeting between Cantor and Richard Dedekind influenced Cantor's thinking and culminated in Cantor's 1874 paper.
Cantor's work initially polarized the mathematicians of his day. While Karl Weierstrass and Dedekind supported Cantor, Leopold Kronecker, now seen as a founder
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