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Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (/ z ɜːr ˈ m ɛ l oʊ /, German: [tsɛɐ̯ˈmeːlo]; 27 July 1871 – 21 May 1953) was a German logician and mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics.
Ernst Zermelo was a German mathematician who did pioneering work on the foundations of mathematics. View two larger pictures. Biography. Ernst Zermelo's parents were Ferdinand Zermelo and Maria Augusta Elisabeth Ziegler. His father was a college professor so Zermelo was brought up in a family where academic pursuits were encouraged.
…shown by the German mathematician Ernst Zermelo (1871–1951) that every set can be well-ordered, provided one adopts another axiom, the axiom of choice, which says that, for every nonempty family of nonempty sets, there is a set obtainable by picking out exactly one element from each of these sets. This… Read More.
Jul 2, 2013 · The first axiomatisation of set theory was given by Zermelo in his 1908 paper “Untersuchungen über die Grundlagen der Mengenlehre, I” (Zermelo 1908b), which became the basis for the modern theory of sets.
Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (July 27, 1871, Berlin, German Empire – May 21, 1953, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany) was a German mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics.
This book is the first comprehensive biography of Ernst Zermelo, a pioneer of set theory and mathematical logic. It covers his life, work, influences, and legacy, with photos, facsimiles, and citations.
A chapter from a book series that presents the life and work of Ernst Zermelo, a pioneer of set theory. Learn about his axiom of choice, his axiomatization of set theory, and his cumulative hierarchy.
