Giuseppe Peano was a mathematician who devised a formal system for
defining or deriving number systems. His biograpy is quite interesting.
The person writing the biography seems to see a serious disconnect between
his earlier and later work but it seems connected to me. I have often
wished for a book containing all of the mathematical facts and I think it
is strange that such a thing doesn’t exist (or, if Peano was successful,
exists but is ignored).
posted at 11:55 on Thu, 24 Mar, 2005 |
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