The Principles of Mathematics (1903)

Chapter XIII. Finite and Infinite

Table of Contents

  1. § 117. Definition of finite and infinite
  2. § 118. Definition of a0
  3. § 119. Definition of finite numbers by mathematical induction

§ 117 n. 1. On the present topic cf. Cantor, Math. Annalen, Vol. XLVI, §§ 5, 6, where most of what follows will be found.

§ 118 n. 1. Cantor employs for this number the Hebrew Aleph with the suffix 0, but this notation is inconvenient.

§ 118 n. 2. Math. Annalen, Vol. XLVI, § 6.