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  1. Georg Cantor - Wikipedia

    Cantor's father, Georg Waldemar Cantor, was educated in the Lutheran mission in Saint Petersburg, and his correspondence with his son shows both of them as devout Lutherans.

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  3. CANTOR Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The cantor is, after the rabbi, the most important figure in a Jewish worship service. A cantor not only must possess an excellent singing voice but also must know by heart long passages of Hebrew.

  4. Georg Cantor | Biography, Contributions, Books, & Facts | Britannica

    Georg Cantor, German mathematician who founded set theory and introduced the mathematically meaningful concept of transfinite numbers, indefinitely large but distinct from one another.

  5. Georg Cantor (1845 - 1918) - Biography - MacTutor History of ...

    Georg Cantor was a Russian-born mathematician who can be considered as the founder of set theory and introduced the concept of infinite numbers with his discovery of cardinal numbers. He also …

  6. Georg Cantor - History of Math and Technology

    Cantor believed that no such set exists, a conjecture known as the Continuum Hypothesis. He was unable to prove this hypothesis, and it remains one of the most important open questions in …

  7. Georg Cantor - The Man Who Founded Set Theory

    Georg Cantor was an outstanding mathematician and violinist born in Saint Petersburg who founded Set Theory.

  8. Georg Cantor – Maths Society

    Feb 2, 2025 · Georg Cantor (1845-1918), the Father of Infinity, was a famous German mathematician who introduced the concept of infinite numbers. His revolutionary work on infinity reshaped …

  9. Cantor, Georg (1845–1918) - Encyclopedia.com

    He was born on March 3, 1845, in St. Petersburg, Russia, to Georg Woldemar Cantor, a successful merchant and the son of a Jewish businessman from Copenhagen, and Maria Anna B ö hm, who …

  10. Georg Cantor Biography - Life of German Mathematician

    Georg Cantor was a popular German mathematician. He is best known as the inventor of set theory that later became a fundamental theory in mathematics. He was able to establish the importance of one …