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What Are the Real Numbers?

verfasst von : Erwin Engeler

Erschienen in: Foundations of Mathematics

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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About one hundred years ago, Dedekind was Professor of Mathematics at the ETH in Zurich, teaching differential and integral calculus. He describes how teaching this particular subject he was confronted with the questions of the foundations of analysis. Dedekind’s little book „Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen“1, which still makes enjoyable reading, reflects his ingenious approach to the problem.

Metadaten
Titel
What Are the Real Numbers?
verfasst von
Erwin Engeler
Copyright-Jahr
1993
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78052-3_1