Prehistory of the concept of mathematical structure: isomorphism between group theory, crystallography, and philosophy

DOI10.1007/s00283-012-9290-3zbMath1255.01008MaRDI QIDQ1931298

Benoît Timmermans

Publication date: 25 January 2013

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/127958/3/Structure.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

00A30: Philosophy of mathematics

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

92E10: Molecular structure (graph-theoretic methods, methods of differential topology, etc.)

20A05: Axiomatics and elementary properties of groups

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