Elena Anne Corie Marchisotto, Francisco Rodríguez-Consuegra, James T. Smith

The Legacy of Mario Pieri in Foundations and Philosophy of Mathematics

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Produktbeschreibung

Mario Pieri on the Foundations of Philosophy and Mathematics introduces readers to Pieri's career and his studies in foundations, from both historical and modern viewpoints, placing his life and research in context and tracing his influence on his contemporaries as well as more recent mathematicians. The text also includes translations and commentary on Pieri's original analyses on projective geometry, transformational geometry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Birkhäuser / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-8176-4822-0
• 1st ed. 2021
• Seitenzahl: 628
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1502g
• ISBN-13: 9780817648220
• ISBN-10: 0817648224
• Artikelnr.: 43277588

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Pieri's Contributions to Foundations and Philosophy of Mathematics.- Pieri's Philosophy of Deductive Sciences.- Two Paths to Logical Consequence: Pieri and the Peano School.- Pieri's 1900 Paris Paper.- Pieri and Projective Geometry.- Pieri's 1898 Geometry of Position Memoir.- Transformational Geometry.- Pieri's 1900 Point-and-Motion Memoir.- Pieri's Works on Foundations and Philosophy of Mathematics.- Central Themes and Impact of Pieri's Work.- Bibliography.- Index.

Rezensionen

"This book gives a very thorough and carefully produced account of Pieri's foundational work in geometry ... ." (Viktor Blåsjö, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2022)