Biography of Georg Cantor (1845-1918) ...

10.5. Cantor, Georg (1845-1918) IRA Georg Cantor put forth the modern theory on infinite sets that revolutionized almost every mathematics field. However, his new ideas also created many dissenters and made him one of the most assailed mathematicians in history. Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 3, 1845. Georg's background was very diverse. His ...

Cantor, Georg (1845-1918) ...

Ueber die Ausdehnung eines Satzes aus der Theorie der trigonometrischen Reihen' by Georg Cantor The following paper is available: Cantor, G., Ueber die Ausdehnung eines Satzes aus der Theorie der trigonometrischen Reihen, Mathematische Annalen, vol. 5, pp. 123-132 (1872). The title of this paper may be translated into English as `On the generalization of a theorem from the theory of ...