Cesare Burali-Forti

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Cesare Burali-Forti was an Italian mathematician and logician best known for formulating the Burali-Forti paradox in set theory.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian logician
Italian mathematician
human
logician
mathematician
areaOfInfluence axiomatic set theory
causeOfDeath natural causes
centuryOfActivity 19th century
20th century
contributedTo theory of ordinal numbers
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Sardinia
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1861-08-13
dateOfDeath 1931-01-21
described a contradiction arising from the set of all ordinal numbers
educatedAt University of Turin
employer Royal Military Academy of Turin
surface form: "Military Academy of Turin"

University of Turin
ethnicGroup Italian
fieldOfWork foundations of mathematics
mathematical logic
set theory
hasFamilyName Burali-Forti paradox
surface form: "Burali-Forti"
hasGender male
hasGivenName Cesare
influenced development of axiomatic set theory
subsequent work on logical paradoxes
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
nativeLanguage Italian
notableFor Burali-Forti paradox
notableWork Burali-Forti paradox
occupation logician
mathematician
university teacher
paradoxNamedAfter Burali-Forti paradox
placeOfBirth Cuneo
placeOfDeath Turin

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Burali-Forti paradox namedAfter Cesare Burali-Forti