Across
- 1. Null (smallest infinity), first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 3. A number greater than any assignable quantity or countable number.
- 5. In mathematics, this is known as a horizontal line that a graph approaches but never touches.
- 10. A number that represents an absence of quantity. This number cannot be found in nature.
- 12. One of Cantor's core ideas describing infinity with a finite amount of terms.
- 14. Georg Cantor utilized this to show that a set is uncountable.
- 15. Greek mathematician who used the paradox Achilles and the Tortoise to show that repeatedly splitting a distance into two parts can be done for an infinite amount of times.
- 16. Geometric figure which extends in two directions without ending and has no thickness.
Down
- 2. A synonym for infinity.
- 4. The first ancient people to use the concept of zero. However, they did not use the traditional number we have today, but a slanted wedged symbol to represent the number.
- 6. This residence was large enough to accommodate the integers and fractions, but was shown by Cantor that it was too small to accommodate the decimal numbers.
- 7. Indian mathematician and astronomer who was the first person to popularize the number zero, as well as establish its primary rules.
- 8. Set-theory pioneer.
- 9. Known for his work involving circumscribed polygons, circles, and use of proof by exhaustion.
- 11. Father of Modern Geometry who wrote The Book of Elements.
- 13. Ancient people who did not have a place in their number system for zero. They questioned the number's existence.