Cesare Burali-Forti
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Cesare Burali-Forti | |
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| Born | 13 August 1861 |
| Died | 21 January 1931 |
| Known for | Burali-Forti paradox |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
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]
Biography
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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.
Books by C. Burali-Forti
[edit]- Analyse vectorielle générale: Applications à la mécanique et à la physique. with Roberto Marcolongo (Mattéi & co., Pavia, 1913).
- Corso di geometria analitico-proiettiva per gli allievi della R. Accademia Militare (G. B. Petrini di G. Gallizio, Torino, 1912).
- Geometria descrittiva (S. Lattes & c., Torino, 1921).
- Introduction à la géométrie différentielle, suivant la méthode de H. Grassmann (Gauthier-Villars, 1897).
- Lezioni Di Geometria Metrico-Proiettiva (Fratelli Bocca, Torino, 1904).
- Meccanica razionale with Tommaso Boggio (S. Lattes & c., Torino, 1921).
- [1] Logica Matematica (Hoepli, Milano, 1894).
- [2] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Complete listing of publications and bibliography, 8 pages.
Bibliography
[edit]Primary literature in English translation:
- Jean van Heijenoort, 1967. A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931. Harvard Univ. Press.
- 1897. "A question on transfinite numbers," 104-11.
- 1897. "On well-ordered classes," 111-12.
Secondary literature:
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 2000. The Search for Mathematical Roots 1870-1940. Princeton Uni. Press.
References
[edit] | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (September 2015) |
- ^ "Cesare Burali-Forti's publications". Maths History. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ "Burali-Forti, Cesare | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
Further reading
[edit]- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Cesare Burali-Forti", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
