<P> The modern study of set theory was initiated by Georg Cantor and Richard Dedekind in the 1870s . After the discovery of paradoxes in naive set theory , such as the Russell 's paradox , numerous axiom systems were proposed in the early twentieth century , of which the Zermelo -- Fraenkel axioms , with or without the axiom of choice , are the best - known . </P>
<P> The modern study of set theory was initiated by Georg Cantor and Richard Dedekind in the 1870s . After the discovery of paradoxes in naive set theory , such as the Russell 's paradox , numerous axiom systems were proposed in the early twentieth century , of which the Zermelo -- Fraenkel axioms , with or without the axiom of choice , are the best - known . </P>
who developed the set theory approach to probability
who developed the set theory approach to probability
Georg Cantor and Richard Dedekind
Georg Cantor and Richard Dedekind