Abstraction and infinity
Auteur :
Mancosu, Paolo
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198822684
Date de publication :
14 mai 2019
Dimensions :
23,3 x 15,5 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
358 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.