Alfred Tarski Early Work in Poland—Geometry and Teaching /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: McFarland, Andrew (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), McFarland, Joanna (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Smith, James T. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Geometry.; History.; Mathematical logic.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Mathematics Education.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

Alfred Tarski (1901–1983) was a renowned Polish/American mathematician, a giant of the twentieth century, who helped establish the foundations of geometry, set theory, model theory, algebraic logic, and universal algebra. Throughout his career, he taught mathematics and logic at universities and som...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Tarski’s first paper
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Item 1 below (nearing completion)
• 2 Papers on equidecomposibility of polygons
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Item 2 below (nearing completion)
• 2.3 Item 6 below (old translation, needs redoing)
• 2.4 Item 8 below (old translation, needs redoing)
• 2.5 Exercise 31pc in item 11g below
• 3 Papers related to secondary teaching
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Item 4 below (meeting report)
• 3.3 Item 7 below (on circles, nearing completion)
• 3.4 Extract from Item 9 below (textbook)
• 3.5 Remainder of item 11 below (exercises)
• 4 Assorted contributions
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Item 3 below (on insurance)
• 4.3 Item 5 below (abstract on truth)
• 4.4 Item 10 below (Lukasiewicz abstract on definitions)
• 4.5 Item 12 below (contributions to discussions)
• 5 Bibliography
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 List of Tarski works published since the Collected Works
• 5.3 List of biographical books and articles
• 5.4 List of summaries of Tarski’s scientific work
• 5.5 References for the present book
• Illustrations
• Young Tarski (frontispiece)
• From the first paper
• From the 1924 paper
• Something from one of the teachers’ journals
• Index.