RUSSELL'S PARADOX


Meaning of RUSSELL'S PARADOX in English

Math.

a paradox of set theory in which an object is defined in terms of a class of objects that contains the object being defined, resulting in a logical contradiction.

[ 1920-25; first proposed by Bertrand RUSSELL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .