cantors-attic
Climb into Cantor’s Attic, where you will find infinities large and small. We aim to provide a comprehensive resource of information about all notions of mathematical infinity.
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The upper attic
The middle attic
The lower attic
The parlour
The playroom
The library
The cellar
Sources
Cantor's Attic (original site)
Joel David Hamkins blog post about the Attic
Latest working snapshot at the wayback machine
Cantor’s Attic
Cantor’s Attic
Climb into Cantor’s Attic, where you will find infinities large and small. We aim to provide a comprehensive resource of information about all notions of mathematical infinity. Our site is organized into several large categories:
The upper attic
The upper attic is the realm of large cardinals and the higher infinite,
extending from inaccessibility to inconsistency.
The middle attic
The middle attic surveys the infinite cardinals whose existence can be
proved in, or is at least equiconsistent with, the ZFC axioms of set
theory.
The lower attic
The lower attic classifies various large countable ordinals.
The parlour
Aspiring to the attic, the parlour contains the truly vast finite
numbers.
The playroom
Enjoy the stimulating entertainments of the playroom, full of fun and
paradox.
The library
Peruse the selections of our library, the central repository of all
references cited here at Cantor’s attic.
The cellar
Review the foundations of our subject with informative background
presentations of ideas used throughout the attic.
How to help
Don’t see your favorite large cardinal or ordinal? You can help! We’ve only just begun to build our site, and we welcome knowledgeable expert contributions from the mathematical logic community. Please see the community portal for detailed instructions on how to join our community.