Born
1845
Died
1918
Nationality
German
Events involving Georg Cantor (5)
1874
ID: 998
Georg Cantor begins development of set theory and theory of infinite sets
ID: 998
1877
ID: 1006
Cantor proves real numbers are uncountably infinite - multiple sizes of infinity exist
ID: 1006
1879
ID: 1021
Georg Cantor develops systematic theory of ordinal numbers - analysis of different types of infinity
ID: 1021
1883
ID: 1046
Georg Cantor develops transfinite arithmetic - mathematical system for calculating with infinities
ID: 1046
1891
ID: 1104
Cantor's diagonal argument proves uncountability of real numbers - some infinities larger than others
ID: 1104