David Hilbert

1862 - 1943

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Hilbert's work in geometry had the greatest influence in that area after Euclid. A systematic study of the axioms of Euclidean geometry led Hilbert to propose 21 such axioms and he analysed their significance. He made contributions in many areas of mathematics and physics.
Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing]
List of References (27 books/articles)

Some Quotations (27)

Mathematicians born in the same country

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. David Hilbert's Mathematical Problems

Honours awarded to David Hilbert
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LMS Honorary Member1901
Speaker at International Congress1928
Fellow of the Royal Society1928
DVR Honorary Member1942
Lunar featuresCrater Hilbert

Other Web sites
  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. David Joyce (A list of Hilbert's 23 problems)
  3. The text of his 1900 speech
  1. Clark Kimberling
  2. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Hilbert's programme)
  3. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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