Cesare Burali-Forti

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Cesare Burali-Forti (13 August 1861 Arezzo - 21 January 1931 Turin) was an Italian mathematician. He was an assistant of Giuseppe Peano in Turin from 1894 to 1896, during which time he discovered what came to be called the Burali-Forti paradox of Cantorian set theory.

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Primary literature in English translation:

• Jean van Heijenoort, 1967. A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931. Harvard Univ. Press.
  • 1897. "A question on transfinite numbers," 104-11.
  • 1897. "On well-ordered classes," 111-12.

Secondary literature:

• Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 2000. The Search for Mathematical Roots 1870-1940. Princeton Uni. Press.

[edit] External link

• O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Cesare Burali-Forti". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.