On the creative role of axiomatics. The discovery of lattices by Schröder, Dedekind, Birkhoff, and others

DOI10.1007/S11229-009-9667-9MaRDI QIDQ408326zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dirk Schlimm

Publication date 5 April 2012

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-009-9667-9

zbMATH Keywords

lattice theoryaxiomaticsmathematical practice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methodology of mathematics (00A35) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of ordered structures (06-03)

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