Cesare Burali-Forti (13 August 1861 – 21 January 1931) was an Italian mathematician, after whom the Burali-Forti paradox is named. Biography Burali-Forti was born in Arezzo, and was an assistant of Giuseppe Peano in Turin from 1894 to 1896, during which time he discovered a theorem which Bertrand Russell later realised contradicted a previously proved result by Georg Cantor. The contradiction came to be called the Burali-Forti paradox of Cantorian set theory. He died in Turin. Books by C. Burali-Forti Analyse vectorielle générale: Applications à la mécanique et à la physique. with Roberto Marcolongo (Mattéi & co., Pavia, 1913). Corso di geometria analitico-proiettiva per gli allievi della R. Accademia Militare (G. B. Petrini di G. Gallizio, Torino, 1912). Geometria descrittiva (S. Lattes & c., Torino, 1921). Introduction à la géométrie différentielle, suivant la méthode de H. Grassmann (Gauthier-Villars, 1897). Lezioni Di Geometria Metrico-Proiettiva (Fratelli Bocca, Torino, 1904). Meccanica razionale with Tommaso Boggio (S. Lattes & c., Torino, 1921). Logica Matematica (Hoepli, Milano, 1894). Complete listing of publications and bibliography, 8 pages. Bibliography Primary literature in English translation: Jean van Heijenoort, 1967. A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931. Harvard Univ. Press. 1897. "A question on transfinite numbers," 104-11. 1897. "On well-ordered classes," 111-12. Secondary literature: Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 2000. The Search for Mathematical Roots 1870-1940. Princeton Uni. Press. References External links "Introduction to Differential Geometry, following the method of H. Grassmann" (English translation) 1861 births 1931 deaths 20th-century Italian mathematicians Set theorists