2019Arts et sciencesOpen access

Mathematical Infinity “in prospettiva” and Spaces of Possibilities

Giuseppe Longo

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The Italian Renaissance painters invented the first symbolic form for the mathematical concept of ''actual'' infinity : the projective point of the perspective. This was the result of a long debate (...)

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The Italian Renaissance painters invented the first symbolic form for the mathematical concept of ''actual'' infinity : the projective point of the perspective. This was the result of a long debate (...)

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The Italian Renaissance painters invented the first symbolic form for the mathematical concept of ''actual'' infinity : the projective point of the perspective. This was the result of a long debate (...)

Key concepts: Infinity, Mathematics, Pure mathematics, Computer science, Calculus (dental), Mathematical analysis, Medicine, Dentistry

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