Subject: Re: [HM] Hilbert's Foundations of Geometry
From: Bernd Buldt (Bernd.Buldt@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2000 - 15:52:56 EST
dear sam,
among other questions you've asked:
> <snip>
> Where are the best reviews by others about what Hilbert hoped to
> accomplish with his Foundations of Geometry and their estimates
> of what he did accomplish?
concerning this i would like to recommend freundenthal's essay, which
is, besides being excellent, refreshingly critical of hilbert.
Freudenthal, Hans: "Zur Geschichte der Grundlegung der Geometrie.
Zugleich eine Besprechung der 8. Auflage von Hilberts 'Grundlagen
...'", in: Nieuw Archieef voor Wiskunde (3) 8 (1957) 105--142.
regards, bernd
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