Abstraction and infinity
Auteur :
Mancosu, Paolo
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198746829
Date de publication :
15 déc. 2016
Dimensions :
23,4 x 16,6 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
494 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.