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 dee...

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1. Verfasser: Mancosu, Paolo (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2017
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:This edition previously issued in print: 2016
ISBN:9780191809095
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746829.001.0001

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