What changed
Constructed arithmetic from simply infinite systems, induction and recursive definition.
Scientific scope
The record is Dedekind's sole-author 1888 monograph. It does not absorb Dedekind cuts, Peano's later axiomatization, all structuralism or every modern set-theoretic reconstruction of arithmetic.
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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Dedekind's sole-author 1888 monograph. It does not absorb Dedekind cuts, Peano's later axiomatization, all structuralism or every modern set-theoretic reconstruction of arithmetic.
Contributors
- Richard Dedekind · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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