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In his note we briefly analyze the rôle of the oeuvre of Mexican mathematician Samuel Gitler and his influence in twentieth and twenty-first century mathematics.
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Poincaré writes in [4] “There is no actual infinity, the Cantorians have forgotten that, and they have fallen into contradiction. It is true that Cantorism rendered services, but that was when it was applied to a real problem whose terms were clearly defined, and we could walk safely. Logisticians as Cantorians have forgotten”.
Cinvestav in the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute in México, an elite research center.
The National College of Mexico is akin to the College de France, an elite group of Mexicans from all walks of intellectual life.
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Gitler, S.: Samuel Gitler: Obras, vol. 1. El Colegio Nacional (2010)
Gitler, S.: Samuel Gitler: Obras, vol. 2. El Colegio Nacional (2011)
Gitler, S.: Samuel Gitler: Obras, vol. 3. El Colegio Nacional (2011)
Poincaré, H.: The foundations of science: science and hypothesis; the value of science; science and method, translated by GB Halsted (1913)
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Lupercio, E., Micha, E. Samuel Gitler and his influence. Bol. Soc. Mat. Mex. 23, 1–4 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40590-017-0163-9
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