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foundations of mathematics

  • Achilles paradox
    In foundations of mathematics: The quest for rigour

    While laying rigorous foundations for mathematics, 19th-century mathematicians discovered that the language of mathematics could be reduced to that of set theory (developed by Cantor), dealing with membership (∊) and equality (=), together

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