Beschreibung:
The Italian mathematician Mario Pieri (1860-1913) played an integral part in the research groups of Corrado Segre and Giuseppe Peano, and thus had a significant, yet somewhat underappreciated impact on several branches of mathematics, particularly on the development of algebraic geometry and the foundations of mathematics in the years around the turn of the 20th century. This book is the first in a series of three volumes that are dedicated to countering that neglect and comprehensively examining Pieri's life, mathematical work, and influence in such diverse fields as mathematical logic, algebraic geometry, number theory, inversive geometry, vector analysis, and differential geometry.
"Preface.- Introduction.- Overview of Pieri's Research.- In the Shadow of Giants.- Arithmetic.- Elementary Geometry.- Pieri's Place in History."
Life and Works.- Foundations of Geometry.- Pieri's Point and Sphere Memoir.- Foundations of Arithmetic.- Pieri's Impact.- Pieri's Works.