Abstract
This chapter examines how Hilbert’s axiomatic approach gradually consolidated over the last decade of the nineteenth century. It goes on to explore the way this approach was actually manifest in its earlier implementations.
Although geometry was not Hilbert’s main area of interest before 1900, he did teach several courses on this topic back in Königsberg and then in Göttingen. His lecture notes allow an illuminating foray into the development of Hilbert’s ideas and they cast light on how his axiomatic views developed.
Although geometry was not Hilbert’s main area of interest before 1900, he did teach several courses on this topic back in Königsberg and then in Göttingen. His lecture notes allow an illuminating foray into the development of Hilbert’s ideas and they cast light on how his axiomatic views developed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The genesis of general relativity |
| Subtitle of host publication | Gravitation in the twilight of classical physics : the promise of mathematics |
| Editors | Jürgen Renn |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 139-236 |
| Number of pages | 98 |
| Volume | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781402040009; 9781402039997 |
| State | Published - 2007 |
Publication series
| Name | Boston studies in the philosophy of science |
|---|---|
| Volume | 250 |