Cesare Burali-Forti (13 August 1861 – 21 January 1931) was an Italian mathematician, after whom the Burali-Forti paradox is named. He was a prolific writer, with 180 publications.[1]
Cesare Burali-Forti | |
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Born | 13 August 1861 |
Died | 21 January 1931 |
Known for | Burali-Forti paradox |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Burali-Forti was born in Arezzo, and he obtained his degree from the University of Pisa in 1884.[2] He was an assistant of Giuseppe Peano in Turin from 1894 to 1896, during which time he discovered a theorem which Bertrand Russell later realised contradicted a previously proved result by Georg Cantor. The contradiction came to be called the Burali-Forti paradox of Cantorian set theory. He died in Turin.
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