Simplifying a proof of transcendence for e: a letter exchange between Adolf Hurwitz, David Hilbert and Paul Gordan

DOI10.1007/978-3-031-40855-7_8MaRDI QIDQ6623908zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Nicola Oswald

Publication date 24 October 2024

zbMATH Keywords

history of mathematicsAdolf HurwitzDavid HilbertPaul Gordanthe transcendence for Euler's number \(e\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Historiography (01A85) General histories, source books (01A05)

Recommendations

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2110136
• Two proofs of transcendency of $\pi$ and $e$
• Historical Events in the Background of Hilbert’s Seventh Paris Problem
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1534406

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3125786 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3465382 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1517346 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7574149 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3419096 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3093521 (Why is no real title available?)
• A History of Abstract Algebra
• Adolf Hurwitz.
• Complex continued fractions: early work of the brothers Adolf and Julius Hurwitz
• David Hilbert and his mathematical work
• Demonstration of the transcendence of the number \(e\).
• Felix Klein, Adolf Hurwitz, and the ``Jewish question in German academia
• Irrationalzahlen
• Lehrbuch der Algebra. 2. Aufl. 2. Band.
• Mathematical problems. Lecture delivered before the international congress of mathematicians at Paris in 1900. Translated by \textit{Mary Winston Newson}.
• On Ludolph's number.
• On a modification of Hermite's first proof of the transcendence of \(e\).
• On arithmetic properties of certain transcendenal functions.
• On the exponential function.
• On the exponential function.
• On the number \(\pi\).
• On the number \(e\).
• Proof of the transcendence of the numbers \(e\) and \(\pi\).
• The Evanston Colloquium. Lectures on mathematics delivered from Aug. 28 to Sept. 9, 1893 before members of the Congress of mathematics held in connection with the world's fair in Chicago at Northwestern University Evanston, III. Reported by Alexander Ziwet.
• The transcendence of \(e\) and \(\pi\).
• Transcendental Numbers. (AM-16)
• Transcendental numbers. With a foreword by W. Dale Brownawell. Transl. from the Russian by Neal Koblitz
• Transzendenz von \(e\) und \(\pi\). Ein Beitrag zur höheren Mathematik vom elementaren Standpunkte aus.
• Vorlesungen über Zahlentheorie. I: Aus der elementaren und additiven Zahlentheorie. II: Aus der analytischen und geometrischen Zahlentheorie. III: Aus der algebraischen Zahlentheorie und über die Fermatsche Vermutung.

This page was built for publication: Simplifying a proof of transcendence for \(e\): a letter exchange between Adolf Hurwitz, David Hilbert and Paul Gordan

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6623908)