Essay 1
Completion requirements
Opened: Thursday, 7 December 2023, 12:00 AM
Due: Monday, 29 January 2024, 5:00 PM
What form did (mathematical) discussions of the infinite take prior to the mid-nineteenth century? How did Bolzano's approach to the infinite differ? What were his motivations, and what was the technical content of his work? Where did Bolzano's ideas on the infinite sit within wider trends in nineteenth-century mathematics?