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GEORG CANTOR’A GÖRE MATEMATİKSEL ve MANTIKSAL SONSUZLUK

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MATHEMATICAL and LOGICAL INFINITY ACCORDING to GEORG CANTOR

Abstract

Georg Cantor did detail mathematical work on the theory of transfinite numbers and how the cardinality differences between sets and different levels of infinity can be classified. This study focuses on how Cantor handled the mathematical and logical concepts of infinity and how he revolutionized the world of mathematics by defining infinity as a concrete mathematical concept. This study first examines Cantor's contributions to the theory of infinite sets, especially the mathematical and theological dimensions of the concept of infinity. Cantor defined transfinite numbers as a mathematical reflection of God's absolute infinity, but he argued that these infinities could never fully capture God's absolute nature and provoked a great reaction with these arguments. How his work was received by scientists and theologians of his time and how he gained an important place in modern mathematics thanks to his work is the subject of the rest of this study. Finally, how Cantor associated the mathematical concept of infinity with the absolute nature of God and how this contributed to the debates between theology and mathematics is discussed in this study; the most basic discussions on all these issues are included.

Keywords

Logic , Infinity , Georg Cantor , Transfinite Numbers , Cardinal Numbers

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Kaynak Göster

ISNAD
Elmas, Ayşe Büşra - Erkal, Fatma. “GEORG CANTOR’A GÖRE MATEMATİKSEL ve MANTIKSAL SONSUZLUK”. Kalemname 9/18 (01 Aralık 2024): 189-200. https://izlik.org/JA83FK69PX.