Beschreibung:
This eminently readable book focuses on the people of mathematics and draws the reader into their fascinating world. In a monumental address, given to the International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris in 1900, David Hilbert, perhaps the most respected mathematician of his time, developed a blueprint for mathematical research in the new century.
Acknowledgments, Introduction: The Origin of the Coordinates, The Foundation Problems, The Foundations of Specific Areas, Number Theory, Algebra and Geometry: A Miscellany, The Analysis Problems, We Come to Our Census, Appendix, Mathematical Problems, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index