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David Hilbert and His Mathematical Work

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A great master of mathematics passed away when David Hilbert died in Göttingen on February the 14th, 1943, at the age of eighty-one. In retrospect it seems to us that the era of mathematics upon which he impressed the seal of his spirit and which is now sinking below the horizon achieved a more perfect balance than prevailed before and after, between the mastering of single concrete problems and the formation of general abstract concepts. Hilbert’s own work contributed not a little to bringing about this happy equilibrium, and the direction in which we have since proceeded can in many instances be traced back to his impulses. No mathematician of equal stature has risen from our generation.

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  • D. Hilbert and W. Ackermann, Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik, Berlin, 1928. D. Hilbert and S. Cohn-Vossen, Anschauliche Geometrie, Berlin, 1932.

  • D. Hilbert and P. Bernays, Grundlagen der Mathematik, Berlin, vol. 1, 1934, vol. 2, 1939.

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  1. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 50, 612-654, USA

    Hermann Weyl

  2. Boletin da Sociedade de Matemàtica de São Paulo 1, 76-104, Brazil

    Hermann Weyl

  3. Boletin da Sociedade de Matemàtica de São Paulo 2, 37-60, Brazil

    Hermann Weyl

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Weyl, H. (1970). David Hilbert and His Mathematical Work. In: Hilbert. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-28615-9_26

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