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JOURNALS // Mathematical Education // Archive
Math. Ed., 2020 Issue 3(95), Pages 49–50 (Mi mo713)
From the history of mathematics

Aristotle's prohibition

K. V. Kozerenko

Лицей "Вторая школа", г. Москва

Abstract: The article describes the history of the ban on the use of the concept of actual infinity in mathematics, introduced by Aristotle and overcome only in the 19th century in connection with the development of modern set theory.

UDC: 510.21


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