Abstract
Unlike many other branches of mathematics, where the formulation of ideas and concepts occurs gradually over time and is developed by many mathematicians before it is formalised into a single theory, the formulation of set theory is almost the single-handed creation of one mathematician, namely Georg Cantor.
Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor (1845–1918) was born in Russia to a Danish father and a Russian mother and spent most of his life in Germany. Between the years 1879 and 1884 Cantor published a six-part treatise on set theory (where he introduced some of the fundamental notions of this theory) followed by the publication of a two-part treatise between the years 1895 and 1897 (where he clarified and systematised what he had introduced in his first cycle of publications).
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(2006). Set Theory Survival Kit. In: Mathematical and Computer Programming Techniques for Computer Graphics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-292-8_1
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