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5 unusual facts about Cantor


Cantor's first uncountability proof

Cantor biographer Joseph Dauben argues that "local circumstances" refers to the influence of Leopold Kronecker, Weierstrass' colleague at the University of Berlin.

Diagonal method

Cantor's diagonal argument, a mathematical proof from 1891 that real numbers are not countable

Ferenc Marics

He found the so-called Ruzsics Hymnal, a Slovene hymnal edited by a teacher named Ruzsics (first name unknown) around 1789.

Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium

The Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium is a German gymnasium in Halle (Saale) with a special focus on mathematics and the sciences (specialist school).

Lincoln Square Synagogue

Cantor Sherwood "the Chaz" Goffin has served the synagogue since its founding in 1965.


1584 in music

Daniel Friderici, German cantor, conductor, and composer (died 1638)

Arithmetization of analysis

the various (but equivalent) constructions of the real numbers by Dedekind and Cantor resulting in the modern axiomatic definition of the real number field;

Bucky Baxter

His character played a musician in Kelly Cantor's (Gwyneth Paltrow) band.

Cansino family

Other prominent members of the family were Solomon Cansino, poet; Moses Cansino, scholar; Samuel Cansino, cantor in the synagogue, and wealthy philanthropist, who ultimately lost the whole of his fortune to gamblers; and Rabbi Abraham Cansino II, secretary of the Jewish community of Oran.

Cantor Fitzgerald

The company's effort to regain its footing is the subject of Tom Barbash's 2003 book On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal.

Cassuto

Judah Cassuto (1808–1893), Dutch-German hazzan (cantor) of the Portuguese-Jewish community

Creek to Coast

Joining him in presenting a variety of segments are Martin Bowerman, Frank 'Tommo' Thompson, Gary Howard, former Miss Universe contestant Kimberley Busteed radio personality Dean Miller, former AFL player for the Brisbane Lions Richard Champion and winner of the 5th Australian version of the reality series The Mole Liz Cantor.

Dan Turpin

Out of respect for the legacy of Kirby, the character's creator, producer Bruce Timm found a genuine religious leader for the voiceover, the cantor of a large Conservative temple in LA.

Don FM

Don FM has produced a number of today's highly respected jungle, drum and bass and garage DJs, MCs and artists, such as DJ Trace, Ed Rush, Matt Cantor of The Freestylers, Mark Force of Bugz in the Attic, DJ Dee Kline, Hyperactive, G-Force, and Stevie A.

Dorilla in Tempe

1994 Dorilla: María Cristina Kiehr, Elmiro: John Elwes, Admeto: Philippe Cantor, Nomio/Apollo: Jean Nirouët.

Erhard Mauersberger

Erhard Mauersberger, son of a cantor in Mauersberg (now part of Großrückerswalde, Saxony), was the younger brother of Rudolf Mauersberger, who was cantor of the Dresdner Kreuzchor.

Fast of Gedalia

As with regular fast days, the cantor includes the prayer Aneinu in the repetition of the Amidah during Shacharit and Mincha as a separate Bracha between the prayers for redemption and healing, and in the private recitation of the Mincha amidah it is recited as an addition to Shema Koleinu (general prayer acceptance).

Federico Barreto

Federico Barreto (1862 in Tacna - 1929 in Marseille, France) was a Peruvian poet and writer best known for his poetry collection El cantor del cautiverio.

Hermann Kretzschmar

Born in Olbernhau, Saxony, Kretzschmar was son of the organist and cantor Karl Dankegott Kretzschmar.

Infinitesimal

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the calculus was reformulated by Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Bernard Bolzano, Karl Weierstrass, Cantor, Dedekind, and others using the (ε, δ)-definition of limit and set theory.

Iris Cantor

Subsequent to his business success, Mr. Cantor became a well regarded art collector, and most notably had acquired over 750 sculptures and drawings by Auguste Rodin, and many American and European masters' paintings.

Jacob A. Cantor

Cantor was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis Burton Harrison, and served from November 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915.

He was born at 19, Second street, NYC, as the son of Henry Cantor and Hannah Cantor, both natives of London.

Jauna muzika

The choir has performed with many known musicians, including cellist Mark Drobinsky, singer Robin Blaze, cantor Joseph Malovany, and famous Lithuanian singers, such as Virgilijus Noreika, and others.

Johann David Heinichen

His father, Michael Heinichen, had studied music at the celebrated Thomasschule Leipzig associated with the Thomaskirche, served as cantor in Pegau and was pastor of the village church in Crössuln.

Johann Walther

Johann Walter (1495-1570), first cantor of the Evangelical Church

Knaster–Kuratowski fan

In topology, a branch of mathematics, the KnasterKuratowski fan (also known as Cantor's leaky tent or Cantor's teepee depending on the presence or absence of the apex) is a connected topological space with the property that the removal of a single point makes it totally disconnected.

Lincoln Square Synagogue

Cantor Goffin has been only Principal of the Lincoln Square Synagogue Feldman Hebrew School since 1965.

Lothar Mohn

After studying church music at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik der Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen (University of Protestant Church Music) in Herford, he was the cantor of the Petrikirche in Melle and regional cantor from 1982 to 1991.

Malavsky Family

Cantor Samuel (Shmuel) Malavsky was born in the Ukrainian city of Smila, near Kiev in 1894.

Mendy Werdyger

Since 1991, he has been the baal tefillah (cantor) for the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur prayer services at a Gerrer shtiebel in Boro Park, Brooklyn.

Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny

The hymns from Cantor Mikhail were the source of the vocal notes recorded by Professor Ernest Newlandsmith, a musicologist from Oxford University, with the help of Dr. Ragheb Moftah.

Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

The cantor of the Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam, Hillel, worked with Luzzatto to set several of his poems to music.

National Synagogue

Ohev Shalom was founded in 1886, and the father of Al Jolson once served as cantor.

Nicolai Gedda

Gedda was raised by his aunt Olga Gedda and his adoptive father Mihail Ustinov (a distant relative of Peter Ustinov), who sang bass in Serge Jaroff's Don Cossack Choir and was cantor in a Russian Orthodox church.

Pierre Verany

Artists associated with the label include Paul Kuentz, flautist Christian Mendoze, harpsichordist Laurent Stewart, singers Isabelle Poulenard, Philippe Cantor, conductor Gilbert Bezzina, Françoise Lasserre and Akadêmia.

Pinky Tomlin

A guest appearance on Eddie Cantor's Texaco Town radio show led to a regular spot on the program, which Cantor rescinded when his sponsor's publicity man tried to recruit Tomlin as Cantor's replacement.

Rivka Golani

I Heard a Voice from Heaven - Jewish Devotional Music of 18th - 20th Centuries, Cantor Louis Danto with pianist Lawrence Pitchko, Cadenza Records, Toronto, Canada.

Rykestrasse Synagogue

Construction started in 1903 and at noon on Sunday, 4 September 1904, the synagogue was inaugurated with Handel's prelude in D major and the Ma Tovu prayer led by cantor David Stabinski (1857–1919), Rabbi Josef Eschelbacher (1848–1916, illuminating the ner tamid) and Rabbi Adolf Rosenzweig (1850–1918) preaching.

Samuel Rüling

Around 1610, he became cantor at the university church Paulinerkirche, which was famous for its substantial musical performances at both religious and academic events.

Shawnee Mission East Choraliers

The choir has performed at Carnegie Hall, Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Great St. Mary's Cathedral in Cambridge, the Pantheon and at the Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Lutheran Church), a church in Leipzig, Germany where Johann Sebastian Bach held the position of cantor.

Steven Cantor

The film spawned a reality series, "Amish in the City", which Cantor's Stick Figure banner executive produced, as well as a non-fiction book "Rumspringa" by Tom Shachtman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007).

Cantor has directed commercials for such clients as Porsche, NFL/United Way, Dasani, and David Barton Gym.

Tibor Kelen

Giving up opera, he went on to pursue a career as a cantor at Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst, New York where he served for over twenty years.

VentureForth

Notable speakers have included: Guy Kawasaki, David Hale, Ivor Royston, Charles Cantor, Peter Farrell, Martin Mattingly and many other prominent San Diego area business leaders.

Willie Nile

Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Nile came from a musical family—his grandfather was a vaudeville pianist who played with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Eddie Cantor; his uncles played boogie-woogie.

Wolfgang Carl Briegel

In 1650 Duke Ernst the Pious appointed him to his court at Gotha as cantor and music tutor to his family, and he eventually rose to the post of Kapellmeister.


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