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From Kant to Hilbert Volume 2.
Title:
From Kant to Hilbert Volume 2.
Author:
Ewald, William Bragg.
ISBN:
9780191523106
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (709 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- 16. GEORG FRIEDRICH BERNHARD RIEMANN (1826-1866) -- A. On the hypotheses which lie at the foundation of geometry -- 17. HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894) -- A. The origin and meaning of geometrical axioms -- B. The facts in perception -- C. Numbering and measuring from an epistemological viewpoint -- 18. JULIUS WILHELM RICHARD DEDEKIND (1831-1916) -- A. On the introduction of new functions in mathematics -- B. From the Tenth Supplement to Dirichlet's Lectures on the theory of numbers -- C. Continuity and irrational numbers -- D. From On the theory of algebraic integers -- E. Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen? -- F. From the Eleventh Supplement to Dirichlet's Lectures on the theory of numbers -- G. Letter to Heinrich Weber (24 January 1888) -- H. Felix Bernstein on Dedekind and Cantor -- I. From the Nachlass -- 19. GEORG CANTOR (1845-1918) -- A. On a property of the set of real algebraic numbers -- B. The early correspondence between Cantor and Dedekind -- C. Foundations of a general theory of manifolds: a mathematico-philosophical investigation into the theory of the infinite -- D. On an elementary question in the theory of manifolds -- E. Cantor's late correspondence with Dedekind and Hilbert -- 20. LEOPOLD KRONECKER (1823-1891) -- A. Hilbert and Kronecker -- B. Extract from Hilbert's Göttingen lectures -- C. Two footnotes -- D. On the concept of number -- 21. CHRISTIAN FELIX KLEIN (1849-1925) -- A. Klein on the schools of mathematics -- B. On the mathematical character of space-intuition and the relation of pure mathematics to the applied sciences -- C. The arithmetizing of mathematics -- 22. JULES HENRI POINCARÉ (1854-1912) -- A. On the nature of mathematical reasoning -- B. On the foundations of geometry -- C. Intuition and logic in mathematics -- D. Mathematics and logic: I -- E. Mathematics and logic: II.

F. Mathematics and logic: III -- G. On transfinite numbers -- 23. THE FRENCH ANALYSTS -- A. Some remarks on the principles of the theory of sets -- B. Five letters on set theory -- 24. DAVID HILBERT (1862-1943) -- A. On the concept of number -- B. From Mathematical problems -- C. Axiomatic thought -- D. The new grounding of mathematics First report -- E. The logical foundations of mathematics -- F. The grounding of elementary number theory -- G. Logic and the knowledge of nature -- 25. LUITZEN EGBERTUS JEAN BROUWER (1881-1966) -- A. Mathematics, science, and language -- B. The structure of the continuum -- C. Historical background, principles, and methods of intuitionism -- 26. ERNST ZERMELO (1871-1953) -- A. On boundary numbers and domains of sets: new investigations in the foundations of set theory -- 27. GODFREY HAROLD HARDY (1877-1947) -- A. Sir George Stokes and the concept of uniform convergence -- B. Mathematical proof -- 28. NICOLAUS BOURBAKI -- A. The architecture of mathematics -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This two-volume work brings together a comprehensive selection of mathematical works from the period 1707-1930. During this time the foundations of modern mathematics were laid, and From Kant to Hilbert provides an overview of the foundational work in each of the main branches of mathmeatics with narratives showing how they were linked. Now available as a separate volume.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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