The Foundations of Mathematics : 1800 to 1900

ISBN-13: 9780816054251 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 176 str.

Michael J. Bradley

Opis

The Foundations of Mathematics presents the lives and accomplishments of 10 mathematicians who lived between CE 1800 and 1900 and contributed to one or more of the four major initiatives that characterized the rapid growth of mathematics during the 19th century: the introduction of rigor, the investigation of the structure of mathematical systems, the development of new branches of mathematics, and the spread of mathematical activity throughout Europe.