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| Paul Bernays (1888-1977), Swiss mathematician. His major works include Grundlagen der Mathematik (with David Hilbert, 1934/1939), Axiomatische Mengenlehre (1937–1954), and Abhandlungen zur Philosophie der Mathematik (1967). His fields of specialization were the foundations of mathematics, mathematical logic, and the philosophy of mathematics.
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| Continuum: The continuum in mathematics is a compact, connected, metric space. It is a mathematical concept that captures the idea of a continuous, unbroken whole. The real numbers, for example, are a continuum. See also Real numbers, Continuum hypothesis, Compactness._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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| Bernays, Paul | Continuum | Bernays | |
| Brouwer, Luitzen E. J. | Continuum | Brouwer | |
| Gould, Stephen Jay | Continuum | Gould | |
| Quine, W.V.O. | Continuum | Quine | |
| Russell, Bertrand | Continuum | Russell | |
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