Hilbert's paradox
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Hilbert's paradox
zbMATH Open document ID: 0996.01012
author: Volker Peckhaus
author: Reinhard Kahle
published in: Historia Mathematica
publication date: 2002-07-08T00:00:00Z
review text: Hilbert became much interested in Cantor's set theory in the late 1890s, and he found some paradoxes of his own, which he presented at a lecture course in Göttingen in 1904-1905. The authors describe the context of this work, especially the relationship to Cantor's paradox of ``too large'' sets. They also transcribe the main passage from the lecture course, and give an English translation; sadly, the two texts are not placed en face.
reviewed by: Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03-03
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03A05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03E30
zbMATH DE Number: 1764730
MaRDI profile type: Publication
OpenAlex ID: W2092150393
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DOI: 10.1006/HMAT.2002.2345
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1764730