Cesare Burali-Forti (1859-1938) was an Italian mathematician known for his contributions to set theory and logic. One of his most notable achievements is the Burali-Forti paradox, which he discovered in 1897. This paradox arises in the context of ordinal numbers and reflects issues related to the foundations of mathematics, specifically concerning the concept of a "largest ordinal.
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