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Revision as of 14:09, 11 September 2018
Giuseppe Peano (27 August 1858 – 20 April 1932) was an Italian mathematician (nonfiction).
The author of over 200 books and papers, he was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, to which he contributed much notation.
The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named the Peano axioms in his honor.
As part of this effort, he made key contributions to the modern rigorous and systematic treatment of the method of mathematical induction.
He spent most of his career teaching mathematics at the University of Turin.
On September 19, 1894, Peano wrote to Felix Klein: "The purpose of mathematical logic is to analyze the ideas and reasoning that especially figure in the mathematical sciences."
In the News
Peano curve (nonfiction) excited about the future, thanks Papa Giuseppe for everything.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Giuseppe Peano @ Wikipedia