Abstraction and infinity
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:2017.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
Notes
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191809095, 0191809098, 9780198746829, 0198746822
- oclc:ocn970400886
- LC Classification:QA9
- Dewey Decimal:510.1
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