The Infinity in Mathematics

Dialogue and Universalism 18 (9-10):89-95 (2008)
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I shall outline the topic from a historical perspective, placing the main emphasis on the hundred years’ period spanning 1870–1970.

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10.5840/du2008189/1029

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