Skof Giuseppe Peano between Mathematics and Logic

Proceeding of the International Conference in honour of Giuseppe Peano on the 150th anniversary of his birth and the centennial of the Formulario Mathematico Torino (Italy) October 2-3, 2008
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-88-470-1836-5
Verlag: Springer Italia
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 190 Seiten, eBook

This book contains the papers developing out the presentations given at the International Conference organized by the Torino Academy of Sciences and the Department of Mathematics Giuseppe Peano of the Torino University to celebrate the 150th anniversary of G. Peano's birth - one of the greatest figures in modern mathematics and logic and the most important mathematical logician in Italy - a century after the publication of Formulario Mathematico, a great attempt to systematise Mathematics in symbolic form.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skof, Fulvia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Giuseppe Peano and Mathematical Analysis in Italy.- Some Contributions of Peano to Analysis in the Light of the Work of Belgian Mathematicians.- Peano, his School and Numerical Analysis.- Geometric Calculus and Geometry Foundations in Peano.- The Formulario between Mathematics and History.- Giuseppe Peano: a Revolutionary in Symbolic Logic?.- At the Origins of Metalogic.- Foundations of Geometry in the School of Peano.

Über Autor(innen)

Fulvia Skof: Emeritus Professor, Department of Mathematics G. Peano, University of Torino.