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Who awarded Cantor the Sylvester Medal?

  • The Royal Society

  • MIT

  • Oxford University

  • The Fields Institute

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The Sylvester Medal, awarded by the Royal Society, recognised Georg Cantor's groundbreaking contributions to set theory and his innovative approach to understanding infinite sets and their properties. Cantor's work revolutionized the field of mathematics, providing the foundation for modern set theory and influencing numerous areas of mathematics and logic.
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