It might be hard to fathom, but the idea of an abstract representation of that which doesn't end actually goes all the way back to Archimedes in his Palimpsest (~220 BC I believe). How is this any more difficult to comprehend than the idea of incommensurability, imaginary numbers, etc.?
It might be hard to fathom, but the idea of an abstract representation of that which doesn't end actually goes all the way back to Archimedes in his Palimpsest (~220 BC I believe). How is this any more difficult to comprehend than the idea of incommensurability, imaginary numbers, etc.?
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