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Cantor's Infinity — What He Saw But Did Not Believe
Born in Saint Petersburg and based professionally in Halle, Cantor made infinite sets comparable. The journey follows opposition, isolation, recurring mental illness, and the spread of his ideas without reducing an illness to one rival or claiming acceptance came only after death.
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1845
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Saint Petersburg
Born into a Musical Family
Cantor was born in Saint Petersburg to a German-speaking family. After the family moved to Germany in 1856, he studied mathematics in Zürich and Berlin before beginning his career at Halle.
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