Although there is no clear evidence that Cantor was guided to his "diagonal argument" from du Bois-Reymond's work, there is clear evidence that du Bois-Reymond had essentially found the diagonal argument in 1875.
Kahit walang malinaw na ebidensiya na kantor ay batay sa kanyang "dayagonal argument" mula sa du Bois-Reymond ng trabaho, doon ay malinaw na ebidensiya na du Bois-Reymond may mahalagang natagpuan ang dayagonal argument sa 1875.