Abstraction and infinity

Abstraction and infinity

by Mancosu, Paolo

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Mancosu offers an original investigation of key notions in mathematics: abstraction and infinity, and their interaction. He gives a historical analysis of the theorizing of definitions by abstraction, and explores a novel approach to measuring the size of infinite sets, showing how this leads to deep mathematical and philosophical problems.

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  • Full title :Abstraction and infinity / Paolo Mancosu.

Summary

Mancosu offers an original investigation of key notions in mathematics: abstraction and infinity, and their interaction. He gives a historical analysis of the theorizing of definitions by abstraction, and explores a novel approach to measuring the size of infinite sets, showing how this leads to deep mathematical and philosophical problems.

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  • Publication Date:2016

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  • Description:240 Seiten.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780198746829, 0198746822
  • oclc:on1006760751
  • Dewey Decimal:510.1

Subjects

abstraction Infini Infinite infinity

Writers

Mancosu, Paolo

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