Cesare Burali-Forti

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Cesare Burali-Forti
Born	13 August 1861 Arezzo
Died	21 January 1931 Turin
Fields	Mathematics
Known for	Burali-Forti paradox

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.

1 Books by C. Burali-Forti
2 Bibliography
3 Notes and references
4 External links

[edit] Books by C. Burali-Forti

Analyse vectorielle générale: Applications à la mécanique et à la physique. with R. Marcolongo (Mattéi & co., Pavia, 1913)
Corso di geometria analitico-proiettiva per gli allievi della R. Accademia Militare (G. B. Petrini di G. Gallizio, Torino, 1912)
Geometria descrittiva (S. Lattes & c., Torino, 1921)
Introduction à la géométrie différentielle, suivant la méthode de H. Grassmann (Gauthier-Villars,1897)
Lezioni Di Geometria Metrico-Proiettiva (Fratelli Bocca, Torino, 1904)
Meccanica razionale with Tommaso Boggio (S. Lattes & c.,Torino, 1921)

[edit] Bibliography

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] Notes and references

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[edit] External links

O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Cesare Burali-Forti”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Persondata
NAME	Cesare Burali-Forti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH	13 August 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arezzo
DATE OF DEATH	21 January 1931
PLACE OF DEATH	Turin