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

DOI10.1007/S11229-009-9667-9zbMATH Open1235.00015OpenAlexW2037036822MaRDI QIDQ408326FDOQ408326

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

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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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