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Ideas of John von Neumann, by Text
[Hungarian, 1903 - 1957, One of the fathers of the modern computer.]
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1923
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On the Introduction of Transfinite Numbers
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p.24
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18180
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Von Neumann numbers are preferred, because they continue into the transfinite [Maddy]
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p.24
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18179
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For Von Neumann the successor of n is n U {n} (rather than {n}) [Maddy]
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p.73
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13489
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Von Neumann treated cardinals as a special sort of ordinal [Hart,WD]
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p.122
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15925
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Each Von Neumann ordinal number is the set of its predecessors [Lavine]
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p.128
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12336
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A von Neumann ordinal is a transitive set with transitive elements [Badiou]
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1925
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An Axiomatization of Set Theory
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p.209
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13672
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All the axioms for mathematics presuppose set theory
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p.215
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15943
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Limitation of Size is not self-evident, and seems too strong [Lavine]
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p.29
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22716
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Von Neumann defined ordinals as the set of all smaller ordinals [Poundstone]
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p.188
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3355
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Von Neumann wanted mathematical functions to replace sets [Benardete,JA]
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p.280
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3340
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Von Neumann defines each number as the set of all smaller numbers [Blackburn]
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