HILBERT, D. & ACKERMANN, W.

Principles of mathematical logic

New York: Chelsea Publishing Co., 1950. 8vo. x, 72 pp., plus 8-page Chelsea scientific books catalogue. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Original publisher’s blue cloth, an excellent copy with the signature of Don Henze dated 1950. Item #16214

First English edition, a translation from the second edition of the original German with revisions, corrections, and added notes by Robert E. Luce. Hilbert (1862-1943) was a German mathematician who originated the concept known as Hilbert Space, which is used in pure mathematics and in classical and quantum field theory. Famous for his attempt to axiomatize mathematics, this is his classic treatment of symbolic logic.

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