Lattice theory. Its birth and life (Q2767855)

Relying mostly upon an article by \textit{G.-C. Rota} [Notices Am. Math. Soc. 44, 1440-1445 (1997; Zbl 0908.06001)] and on monographs of \textit{G. Birkhoff} [Lattice Theory. New York (1940; Zbl 0063.00402), rev. ed. (1948; Zbl 0033.10103), 3rd new ed. (1967; Zbl 0153.02501), repr. (1979; Zbl 0505.06011)] and of \textit{G. Grätzer} [General Lattice Theory. Birkhäuser, Basel (1978; Zbl 0385.06015), 2nd ed. (1998; Zbl 0909.06002)], the author presents a rather common view that the lattice theory has begun in the 19th century with G. Boole, E. Schröder and R. Dedekind, blossomed in the mid-20th century, somewhat faded later on, but still has a great role to play.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0976.00021].