A tale of mathematical myth-making: E. T. Bell and the `arithmetization of algebra'

DOI10.1080/17498430.2015.1048640zbMATH Open1342.01022OpenAlexW592241600WikidataQ58514611 ScholiaQ58514611MaRDI QIDQ2806377FDOQ2806377

Authors: Christopher Hollings 

Publication date: 17 May 2016

Published in: BSHM Bulletin (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:96809f79-7c8a-4e5f-8da7-4d1084619034

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zbMATH Keywords

postulational analysisalgebraic arithmeticE. T. Bell

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

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• The Alternative Life of E. T. Bell
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