Frege's Mathematical Setting

Wilson, Mark (2007) Frege's Mathematical Setting.

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Abstract

This survey article describes Frege's celebrated foundational work against the context of other late nineteenth century approaches to introducing mathematically novel "extension elements" within both algebra and geometry.

Keywords:Frege, Dedekind, Hilbert, von Staudt, foundations of arithmetic, ideal numbers, extension elements, geometry
Subjects:Specific Sciences: Mathematics
General Issues: History of Science Case Studies
ID Code:3374
Deposited By:wilson, mark
Deposited On:05 June 2007