Cantor’s Dilemma
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Cantor’s Dilemma is a science-in-fiction novel by chemist and author Carl Djerassi that explores the ethical and personal tensions surrounding scientific research and priority in discovery.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22383795 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cantor’s Dilemma Context triple: [Carl Djerassi, notableWork, Cantor’s Dilemma]
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Cantor’s paradox
Cantor’s paradox is a foundational result in set theory showing that the “set of all sets” cannot exist because its power set would have a strictly larger cardinality, leading to a contradiction.
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Satan, Cantor, and Infinity
"Satan, Cantor, and Infinity" is a popular logic and mathematics book by Raymond Smullyan that presents puzzles and paradoxes through playful dialogues and stories.
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Paradoxes of the Infinite
Paradoxes of the Infinite is a foundational 19th-century work in the philosophy of mathematics that systematically explores the nature of infinity and anticipates key ideas of modern set theory.
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Cantor’s theorem
Cantor’s theorem is a fundamental result in set theory stating that the power set of any set has a strictly greater cardinality than the set itself, implying there is no largest infinity.
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Russell’s paradox
Russell’s paradox is a foundational logical contradiction in naive set theory that reveals problems with sets that contain themselves, leading to major developments in modern logic and the axiomatization of set theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cantor’s Dilemma Target entity description: Cantor’s Dilemma is a science-in-fiction novel by chemist and author Carl Djerassi that explores the ethical and personal tensions surrounding scientific research and priority in discovery.
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A.
Cantor’s paradox
Cantor’s paradox is a foundational result in set theory showing that the “set of all sets” cannot exist because its power set would have a strictly larger cardinality, leading to a contradiction.
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B.
Satan, Cantor, and Infinity
"Satan, Cantor, and Infinity" is a popular logic and mathematics book by Raymond Smullyan that presents puzzles and paradoxes through playful dialogues and stories.
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C.
Paradoxes of the Infinite
Paradoxes of the Infinite is a foundational 19th-century work in the philosophy of mathematics that systematically explores the nature of infinity and anticipates key ideas of modern set theory.
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D.
Cantor’s theorem
Cantor’s theorem is a fundamental result in set theory stating that the power set of any set has a strictly greater cardinality than the set itself, implying there is no largest infinity.
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E.
Russell’s paradox
Russell’s paradox is a foundational logical contradiction in naive set theory that reveals problems with sets that contain themselves, leading to major developments in modern logic and the axiomatization of set theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Djerassi