Re: [HM] first mention of GCH

AndrEs Eduardo Caicedo (acaicedo@math.berkeley.edu)
Sat, 5 Sep 1998 10:15:59 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Martin Davis wrote:

> Cantor first stated the continuum hypothesis in a paper published in 1878.
> Did he ever state the *generalized* continuum hypothesis? If so, when and
> where? If not, who did?
>
> Thanks to all,
> Martin Davis
>
>

I think it was Felix Hausdorff. The reference I've heard of is
"Grundz"uge einer Theorie der geordneter Mengen", Mathematische Annalen 65
(1908) 435-505.

AndrEs Caicedo