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Cantor und die Franzosen: Mathematik, Philosophie und das Unendliche By Anne-Marie Décaillot (translated from French by Klaus Volkert)

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Stern, M., Thiele, R. Cantor und die Franzosen: Mathematik, Philosophie und das Unendliche By Anne-Marie Décaillot (translated from French by Klaus Volkert) . Math Intelligencer 37, 98–102 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-014-9514-9

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