The Legacy of Mario Pieri in Geometry and Arithmetic

• Main Authors: Marchisotto, Elena Anne (Author), Smith, James T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston, 2007.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; Geometry.; History.; Mathematical logic.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Algebraic Geometry.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

The Italian mathematician Mario Pieri (1860-1913) played an integral part in the research groups of Corrado Segre and Giuseppe Peano, and thus had a significant, yet somewhat underappreciated impact on several branches of mathematics, particularly on the development of algebraic geometry and the fou...

Table of Contents:

• Life and Works
• Foundations of Geometry
• Pieri’s Point and Sphere Memoir
• Foundations of Arithmetic
• Pieri’s Impact
• Pieri’s Works.