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Hilbert: axiomatic foundations of geometry

Organized Euclidean and related geometries around explicit groups of axioms and examined their logical relationships, including independence and consistency questions.

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Organized Euclidean and related geometries around explicit groups of axioms and examined their logical relationships, including independence and consistency questions.

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This record is the 1899 first edition of Grundlagen der Geometrie. Later editions, corrections, model-theoretic developments and earlier axiomatic traditions are not collapsed into it.

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David Hilbert

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Hilbert: axiomatic foundations of geometry

Organized Euclidean and related geometries around explicit groups of axioms and examined their logical relationships, including independence and consistency questions.

Scientific scope

This record is the 1899 first edition of Grundlagen der Geometrie. Later editions, corrections, model-theoretic developments and earlier axiomatic traditions are not collapsed into it.

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David Hilbert

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