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Timeline for answer to What motivated Cantor to invent set theory? by Alexandre Eremenko

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S Jul 12, 2016 at 8:07 history suggested Martin CC BY-SA 3.0
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S Nov 12, 2014 at 17:22 history suggested Martin CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 9, 2014 at 0:11 comment added quid Unfortunately I do not yet have enough points here to edit, and for suggested edits there is a character limit.
Nov 9, 2014 at 0:01 comment added Alexandre Eremenko @quid: Thanks! You can actually edit the text when you spot misprints.
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Nov 8, 2014 at 23:59 comment added Alexandre Eremenko You are absolutely right. The diagonal procedure was used for the "orders of infinity" type questions. But du Bois-Reymond also studied trig series, just an interesting coincidence:-)
Nov 8, 2014 at 21:53 comment added Andrés E. Caicedo Also, the diagonal procedure arose in a setting unrelated to the study of trigonometric series. Here are some details. And here is a quote by Hardy that perhaps explains why du Bois-Reymond is not better known.
Nov 8, 2014 at 15:12 comment added quid Sorry for the nit-pick but it is the second time I notice it: MathJax not MathJack.
Nov 8, 2014 at 13:11 history answered Alexandre Eremenko CC BY-SA 3.0