Assertion: infinitesimal | /r/HasProperty | inconsistent
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text: Not only did they fail to formalize it but, unable to do so, some of them became convinced that there was something wrong with the notion of infinitesimal itself, and from this jumped to the conclusion that infinitesimals must be inconsistent or self-contradictory.
text: Cantor went as far as publishing an article claiming to "prove" that infinitesimals were inconsistent.