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

DOI10.1080/17498430.2015.1048640MaRDI QIDQ2806377zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Christopher Hollings

Publication date 17 May 2016

Published in BSHM Bulletin (Search for Journal in Brave)

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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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