On the origins of David Hilbert's ''Grundlagen der Geometrie''
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the origins of David Hilbert's ''Grundlagen der Geometrie''
zbMATH Open document ID: 0597.01012
DOI: 10.1007/BF00357305
author: Michael Toepell
published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Basing himself primarily on manuscript material (especially four university courses held by Hilbert from summer term 1891 to winter term 1898), the author shows how Hilbert, parting at first from a very conventional position, came about step by step to develop his Foundations of Geometry with their characteristic shape that made them the key-work of modern axiomatics. The paper is a synopsis of the author's doctoral dissertation, so only the main results are shortly depicted. Who wants to learn the whole exciting story should read at any rate the full German version (just appeared, Dec. 86) (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck \& Ruprecht (1986; Zbl 0602.01013)).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51-03
zbMATH DE Number: 3961558
zbMATH Keywords: foundations of geometry
zbMATH Keywords: modern axiomatics
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3961558