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

DOI10.1007/s11229-009-9667-9zbMath1235.00015MaRDI QIDQ408326

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 theory; axiomatics; mathematical practice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

00A35: Methodology of mathematics

01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century

06-03: History of ordered structures

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