> Let me add that "einsof" is also one of the Cabbalistic appellations
> of the deity, precisely in its aspect of infinitude. Cantor, who was
> extremely interested in mysticism, including the Cabbala, may well have
> been influenced by this in his choice of notation.
How old is the Cabbalistic ascription of "einsof" to the deity? And
has it always been considered "infinity", or has it earlier rather
been "without end" in a more practical perspective?
Svein Olav Nyberg <solan@maths.ed.ac.uk>