Ernst Zermelo An Approach to His Life and Work /

• Main Author: Ebbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History.; Logic.; Mathematical logic.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Applications of Mathematics.; History of Science.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Ernst Zermelo (1871-1953) is best-known for the statement of the axiom of choice and his axiomatization of set theory. However, he also worked in applied mathematics and mathematical physics. His dissertation, for example, promoted the calculus of variations, and he created the pivotal method in the...