Descriptive set theorists are an exception. In 2023, a mathematician named Anton Bernshteyn published a deep and surprising connection between the remote mathematical frontier of descriptive set theory and modern computer science. Set theory deals with the infinite, computer science with the finite. Anton Bernshteyn has been uncovering and exploring important connections between set theory and more applied fields, such as computer science and dynamical systems. “She really made it seem that logic and set theory is this glue that connects all different parts of math.”Descriptive set theory dates back to Georg Cantor, who proved in 1874 that there are different sizes of infinity.