Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 41 Issue 1, February 2004
64 – 67
Infinite Sets and Georg Cantor
Sandra M. Pulver
Infinite quantities have perplexed mankind for thousands of years. To the caveman, the distance to the horizon was infinite. To the modem man, infinite is the size of the universe. Throughout man’s existence, the concept of infinity has become so increasingly complex that some men have protested against the use of infinite magnitude in mathematics.
