Nesta dissertação, abordaremos os dois tipos de infinitos existentes: o infinito potencial e o infinito actual. Apresentaremos algumas situações, exemplos que caracterizam cada um desses dois tipos. Focaremo-nos no infinito actual, com o qual discutiremos alguns dos desafios encontrados na teoria criada por Cantor sobre este assunto. Mostraremos também sua importância e a diferença entre este e o infinito potencial. Com isso, buscamos fazer com que o professor compreenda adequadamente os fundamentos matemáticos necessários para que trabalhe, ensine e motive apropriadamente seus alunos no momento em que o infinito e conjuntos infinitos são discutidos em aula. Desta forma, buscamos esclarecer os termos usados e equívocos comuns cometidos por alunos e também professores, muitas vezes enganados ou confundidos pelo senso comum. / In this dissertation, we will discuss the two types of infinities: the potential infinity and the actual infinity. We will present some situations, examples that characterize each of these two types. We will focus on the actual infinity, with which we will discuss some of the challenges found in the theory created by Cantor on this subject. We will also show its importance and the difference between this and the potential infinity. Thus, we seek to make teachers properly understand the mathematical foundations necessary for them to work, teach and properly motivate their students at the time the infinity and infinite sets are discussed in class. In this way, we seek to clarify the terms used and common mistakes made by students and also teachers, so often misguided or confused by common sense.

Nesta dissertação, abordaremos os dois tipos de infinitos existentes: o infinito potencial e o infinito actual. Apresentaremos algumas situações, exemplos que caracterizam cada um desses dois tipos. Focaremo-nos no infinito actual, com o qual discutiremos alguns dos desafios encontrados na teoria criada por Cantor sobre este assunto. Mostraremos também sua importância e a diferença entre este e o infinito potencial. Com isso, buscamos fazer com que o professor compreenda adequadamente os fundamentos matemáticos necessários para que trabalhe, ensine e motive apropriadamente seus alunos no momento em que o infinito e conjuntos infinitos são discutidos em aula. Desta forma, buscamos esclarecer os termos usados e equívocos comuns cometidos por alunos e também professores, muitas vezes enganados ou confundidos pelo senso comum. / In this dissertation, we will discuss the two types of infinities: the potential infinity and the actual infinity. We will present some situations, examples that characterize each of these two types. We will focus on the actual infinity, with which we will discuss some of the challenges found in the theory created by Cantor on this subject. We will also show its importance and the difference between this and the potential infinity. Thus, we seek to make teachers properly understand the mathematical foundations necessary for them to work, teach and properly motivate their students at the time the infinity and infinite sets are discussed in class. In this way, we seek to clarify the terms used and common mistakes made by students and also teachers, so often misguided or confused by common sense.

Στη μελέτη αυτή δεχόμεθα ως βασικές έννοιες την έννοια του συνόλου, την έννοια της συνάρτησης και την έννοια των φυσικών αριθμών. Ορίζουμε και αποδεικνύουμε ό,τι χρειάζεται από την θεωρία των συνόλων για να κατασκευάσουμε το σύστημα των ακεραίων αριθμών, το σύστημα των ρητών και τελικά το σύστημα των πραγματικών αριθμών. Σε όλα τα παραπάνω συστήματα ορίζεται η έννοια της διάταξης και αποδεικνύεται ότι το σύστημα των ρητών αριθμών είναι ένα Αρχιμήδειο σώμα που είναι πυκνό υποσύνολο του σώματος των πραγματικών αριθμών. Εν συνεχεία αποδεικνύονται οι χαρακτηριστικές ιδιότητες του σώματος των πραγματικών αριθμών, δηλαδή η ιδιότητα της πληρότητας (κάθε ακολουθία Cauchy συγκλίνει) και η ιδιότητα του άνω φράγματος (κάθε μή κενό υποσύνολο ,που είναι φραγμένο εκ των άνω, έχει ένα ελάχιστο άνω φράγμα (supremum). Όλα τα παραπάνω και πολλά σχετικά με αυτά περιέχονται στα κεφάλαια 1 ως και 7. Το κεφάλαιο 8 περιέχει μία συλλογή αποτελεσμάτων σχετικά με τους πληθικούς αριθμούς, οι οποίοι ορίζονται και μελετώνται στο κεφάλαιο 3. Πολλά από τα αποτελέσματα αυτά αφορούν στον πληθικό αριθμό των πραγματικών αριθμών. Στο κεφάλαιο 9 ορίζονται όλες οι έννοιες που χρειάζονται για να γίνουν κατανοητά τα αποτελέσματα σχετικά με την θεωρία των καλώς διατεταγμένων συνόλων και την θεωρία των διατακτικών αριθμών (ordinal numbers). Των κεφαλαίων 1, 2, 3 προτάσσεται ιστορικό σημείωμα που αφορά τις έννοιες που αναπτύσσονται σε αυτά. Ανάλογο ιστορικό σημείωμα προτάσσεται των υπολοίπων κεφαλαίων. / In this study, I acknowledge as basic meanings, the meaning of the set, the meaning of the function and the meaning of natural numbers. We define and prove whatever is needed from the theory of sets in order to construct the system of integral numbers, the system of rational numbers and ultimately the field of real numbers. In all the above systems the meaning of arrangement is defined and it is proven that the system of rational numbers is an Archimedean field which is a dense subset of the field of real numbers. Next, the characteristic properties of the field of real numbers are proven, i.e. the property of compactness (each sequence Cauchy converges)and the property of the upper bound (each non empty subset, which is bounded from above , has a minimum upper bound (supremum). All of the above and many other things related to this are contained in chapters 1 to 7. Chapter 8 contains a selection of results relating to cardinal numbers, which are defined and studied in chapter 3 Many of these results relate to cardinal number of reals numbers. In chapter 9, all the meanings which are needed in order for the results relating to the theory of the well-ordered sets and the theory of ordinal numbers, to become understood are included. Preceeding chapters 1, 2, 3 there is a historic note relating to the meanings which are developed in them. There is a corresponding historic note preceeding the rest of the chapters.