Did Poincaré say ``Set theory is a disease?

DOI10.1007/BF03024067zbMATH Open0716.01027OpenAlexW2032335036WikidataQ59666362 ScholiaQ59666362MaRDI QIDQ752679FDOQ752679

Authors: Jeremy Gray 

Publication date: 1991

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03024067

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

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• Hilbert on the infinite: The role of set theory in the evolution of Hilbert's thought
• Poincaré replies to Hilbert: on the future of mathematics ca. 1908
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• Poincaré in Göttingen
• Book review of Jeremy Gray, Henri Poincaré: a scientific biography

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