This is an exchange between mathematicians around 1900, discussing essentially what we now know as the axiom of choice (and the question of whether mathematical constructions which require various choice principles are valid). I found it very interesting to read their intuitions, where of course we now have a much more solid and concrete understanding!
This is an exchange between mathematicians around 1900, discussing essentially what we now know as the axiom of choice (and the question of whether mathematical constructions which require various choice principles are valid). I found it very interesting to read their intuitions, where of course we now have a much more solid and concrete understanding!