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Georg Cantor
Mathematician
Specialty	Set theory, fundamental theory
Born	Mar. 3, 1845 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	Jan. 6, 1918 (at age 72) Halle, Province of Saxony, German Empire
Nationality	German

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.

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He was able to establish the importance of one-to-one correspondence between members of two sets, well-ordered sets, and defined infinite sets. These proved that real numbers are much more numerous than natural numbers. Actually, his theorem implies the existence of ‘infinity of infinities.’ Georg also defined the ordinal and cardinal numbers and their arithmetic.

Early Life and Education

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Georg Cantor was born on March 3, 1845 in St.

Petersburg, Russian Empire. He was brought up in the city until he turned 11. He was the oldest of six children and was regarded as a great violinist. His grandfathe