Hilbert: axiomatic foundations of geometry

What changed

Geometry could be studied as an explicit formal system with separable axiom groups.

Scientific scope

1899 first edition; later corrections, editions and general model theory excluded.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. 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.

Contributors

• David Hilbert · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Hilbert, Grundlagen der Geometrie (1899 scan)
• Open Library record for Hilbert, Grundlagen der Geometrie

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