Henri Poincaré, The logic of infinity: The use of infinity

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Is it possible to reason about objects that can notbe defined in a finite number of words? Is it even possible to talk about it knowing what one is talking about, and by saying something other than empty words? Or … Read More

THE HOSPITALITY OF A MARABOU STORK

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No path of flowers leads to glory, I only want Hercules and his works to be a witness. (La Fountaine.) The first event I remembered was a terrible cataclysm that deprived me of all of my family at once, and … Read More

Global warming and gender equality are the priorities of Ursula von der Leyen

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Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (born Albrecht, on October 8, 1958) is a German politician and elected president of the European Commission. She was Germany’s Defense Minister from 2013 to 2019. Member of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she … Read More

Henri Poincaré, The logic of infinity: The memory of Mr. Zermelo

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It is in a totally different direction that Mr. Zermelo is seeking the solution of the difficulties we have pointed out. He tries to establish a system of axioms a priori, which must allow him to establish all the mathematical … Read More

Henri Poincaré, The logic of infinity: Axiom of reducibility

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Russell introduces a new axiom which he calls axiom of reducibility. As I’m not sure I fully understood his thought, I will let him speak. “We assume, that every function is équivalent, for ail its value to some predicative function … Read More

Meteorite fallen in Iasi, Romania

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On July 9, in Iaşi, a loud noise was heard as to be caused by the fall of a body from the sky. Silviu Gurlui, a professor at the Physics Faculty of Iasi, says that the shock was caused by … Read More

Henri Poincaré, The logic of infinity: The memory of Mr. Russel

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Russell published in the American Journal of Mathematics, vol. XXX, under the title Mathematical Logics as Based on the Theory of Types, a memoir in which he relies on considerations quite similar to those which precede. After recalling some of … Read More

RETURN TO THE COUNTRY – SEE AGAIN THE PORA LAND AND DIE

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Everything has its reverse! Certainly, I lived in the midst of the most beautiful nature that can be seen; but already two months had passed and not without disenchantment. I will never be able to give an exact account of … Read More

Henri Poincaré, The logic of infinity: The cardinal number

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We must not forget the preceding considerations when defining the cardinal number. If we consider two collections, we may seek to establish a law of correspondence between the objects of these two collections, so that any object of the first … Read More

AUSTRALIA – MORE COUSINES

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“Lovely luck! Here I am aboard, at the moment when I had no desire to embark! That’s fine, life is safe … but where are we going on this unknown ship? …..” Such was my monologue, hiding me as close … Read More

Henri Poincaré, The logic of infinity: What a classification must be

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Can the ordinary rules of logic be applied without change, as soon as we consider collections taking an infinite number of objects? This is a question we did not ask at first, but we were led to examine when the … Read More

FLOOD, CHAIN, BALL – NAUFRAGE

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We were together further than I expected. Orienting myself as best as I could, I returned straight to our beautiful anthill, when I met a deserted, mountainous, arid place, in which I had to run the greatest dangers. It was … Read More

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