Georg Cantor

March 3, 1845 – January 6, 1918

Mathematician

Explored the infinite in mathematics as a reflection of God's infinity

Biography

German mathematician who created set theory and established the importance of one-to-one correspondence between sets, defining infinite and well-ordered sets.

Faith & Testimony

A devout Lutheran who believed his theory of transfinite numbers was communicated to him by God. He saw the absolute infinite as an expression of the nature of God.

Sources

Georg Cantor — Wikipedia — Biography including his belief that God communicated set theory to him
Cantor's Concept of Infinity: Implications of Infinity for Contingence — Joseph Dauben — Scholarly article examining how Cantor's devout Lutheran faith shaped his revolutionary work on infinity — he believed God revealed the transfinite numbers to him and corresponded with Pope Leo XIII about the theological implications
Georg Cantor: His Mathematics and Philosophy of the Infinite — Joseph Warren Dauben — Definitive biography exploring Cantor's theological motivations — he saw his set theory as glorifying God's infinite nature