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From Kant to Hilbert, 1 : a Source Book in the Foundations of Mathematics.

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 na...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ewald, William Bragg
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (695 pages)
ISBN:9780191523090
0191523097