FOM: L.Kronecker and G.Cantor

Alexander Zenkin alexzen at com2com.ru
Mon Mar 15 02:45:27 EST 1999


      Dear Colleagues,

Help me please to make clear some questions as to the last 20 years of
G.Cantor's life.

1) It is known that L.Kronecker had a very negative attitude toward
G.Cantor's set theory. What is known about mathematical argumentation of
L.Kronecker's objections?
2) There is a version (unfortunately, I can't recall a reference) that
just such the L.Kronecker attitude became the main reason of G.Cantor's
illness. But L.Kronecker passed away in 1891. So, it is quite difficult
to trust in the reliability of such the reason. What versions are there
as to the true reason of G.Cantor's illness?
3) Is anything known as to G.Cantor told or wrote apropos of his own set
theory after 1899?

Thanks in advance for any information.

Alexander Zenkin

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