From Kant to Hilbert : a source book in the foundations of mathematics. Volume II / [edited by] William Ewald. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ewald, William Bragg, Jr., 1925-2015, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Philosophy.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (709 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. - ;Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is widely taken to be the starting point of the modern period of mathematics while David Hilbert was the last great mainstream mathematician to pursue important nineteenth cnetury id

Contents:

Contents; 16. GEORG FRIEDRICH BERNHARD RIEMANN (1826-1866); 17. HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894); 18. JULIUS WILHELM RICHARD DEDEKIND (1831-1916); 19. GEORG CANTOR (1845-1918); 20. LEOPOLD KRONECKER (1823-1891); 21. CHRISTIAN FELIX KLEIN (1849-1925); 22. JULES HENRI POINCARÉ (1854-1912); 23. THE FRENCH ANALYSTS; 24. DAVID HILBERT (1862-1943); 25. LUITZEN EGBERTUS JEAN BROUWER (1881-1966); 26. ERNST ZERMELO (1871-1953); 27. GODFREY HAROLD HARDY (1877-1947); 28. NICOLAUS BOURBAKI; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Originally published: 1996.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-02109-0

1-282-36565-7

9786612365652

0-19-152310-0

1-4356-0966-2

OCLC:

808778045