The Paradoxes of the Infinite
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The Paradoxes of the Infinite, is a mathematical work by Bernard Bolzano
on the theory of sets. It was published in 1851, three years after Bolzano's death, by a friend. The work contained many interesting results in set theory. Bolzano expanded on the theme of Galileo's paradox, giving more examples of correspondences between the elements of an infinite set and proper subsets of infinite sets. In the work he also coined the term set.
Bernard Bolzano
Bernhard Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano , Bernard Bolzano in English, was a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian, Catholic priest and antimilitarist of German mother tongue.-Family:Bolzano was the son of two pious Catholics...
on the theory of sets. It was published in 1851, three years after Bolzano's death, by a friend. The work contained many interesting results in set theory. Bolzano expanded on the theme of Galileo's paradox, giving more examples of correspondences between the elements of an infinite set and proper subsets of infinite sets. In the work he also coined the term set.