A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.
GEORG CANTORMathematics is entirely free in its development, and its concepts are only linked by the necessity of being consistent, and are co-ordinated with concepts introduced previously by means of precise definitions.
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The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds.
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The transfinite numbers are in a sense the new irrationalities they stand or fall with the finite irrational numbers.
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A false conclusion once arrived at and widely accepted is not easily dislodged and the less it is understood the more tenaciously it is held.
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In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.
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Had Mittag-Leffler had his way, I should have to wait until the year 1984, which to me seemed too great a demand!
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Every transfinite consistent multiplicity, that is, every transfinite set, must have a definite aleph as its cardinal number.
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To ask the right question is harder than to answer it.
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The essence of mathematics lies precisely in its freedom.
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There is no doubt that we cannot do without variable quantities in the sense of the potential infinite. But from this very fact the necessity of the actual infinite can be demonstrated.
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The potential infinite means nothing other than an undetermined, variable quantity, always remaining finite, which has to assume values that either become smaller than any finite limit no matter how small, or greater than any finite limit no matter how great.
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Mathematics is entirely free in its development, and its concepts are only linked by the necessity of being consistent, and are co-ordinated with concepts introduced previously by means of precise definitions.
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Don’t always blindly follow guidance and step-by-step instructions; you might run into something interesting.
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I realize that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.
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Great innovation only happens when people aren’t afraid to do things differently.
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