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David Hilbert

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Noun1.David Hilbert - German mathematician (1862-1943)


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2) The second point is: David Hilbert already knew almost a century ago that the concepts of individual thought cannot be the subject matter of mathematics since they are unknown to others and, therefore, cannot be studied collectively, analyzed or axiomatized.
The biography of David Hilbert discusses a debate concerning whether it was an intellectual faux pas to advocate advancing the 2000 year old Theorem of Pappus to the status of an Axiom This issue is notable from a number of perspectives, one being his 1920 proposal establishing the Hilbert Program of formulating mathematics and/or geometry on a more solid and complete logical foundation conforming to inclusively greater ?
Hilbert Space explained: "The mathematical concept of a Hilbert space, named after David Hilbert, generalizes the notion of Euclidean space," William Mager cuts and pastes from Wikipedia, I'll be bound.
 
 
 
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