Timeline for Papers that debunk common myths in the history of mathematics
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| Oct 25, 2016 at 8:31 | comment | added | Sylvain JULIEN | I got mistaken, I commented above the answer about Cantor's surprise instead of below. I'm interested in this, because I'd like to know why Cantor wrote in French. How was French considered in Germany at that time ? | |
| Oct 25, 2016 at 7:41 | comment | added | Mikhail Katz | @SylvainJULIEN, I am not sure why you left this comment here. I don't seem to have written anything about Cantor in my answer here, though I did in other answers. At any rate, a comment of this sort by Cantor seems to be on record. The only question is, how does one interpret it. There have been dramatically different interpretations. Why are you interested in this? | |
| Oct 24, 2016 at 20:27 | comment | added | Sylvain JULIEN | About Cantor's surprise, I read once he did write in French to Dedekind "je le vois, mais je ne le crois pas...". I don't know whether this is a myth or not. | |
| Dec 31, 2015 at 8:52 | comment | added | Mikhail Katz | @TimothyChow, I added some sources to my answer to respond to your query. Let me know if you would like additional details. | |
| Dec 31, 2015 at 7:43 | history | edited | Mikhail Katz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 30, 2015 at 21:10 | comment | added | Timothy Chow | Interesting. I have never heard this myth before. I have always heard epsilons and deltas attributed to Weierstrass. | |
| S Dec 30, 2015 at 17:01 | history | answered | Mikhail Katz | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| S Dec 30, 2015 at 17:01 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Mikhail Katz |