The Man Who Stole Infinity

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The Man Who Stole Infinity

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The Man Who Stole Infinity | Quanta Magazine

www.quantamagazine.org

In an 1874 paper, Georg Cantor proved that there are different sizes of infinity and changed math forever. A trove of newly unearthed letters shows that it was also an act of plagiarism.

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