“The First Man on the Street” — Tracing a Famous Hilbert Quote (1900) Back to Gergonne (1825) (2016)
Barrow-Green, June (Author)
Siegmund-Schultze, Reinhard (Author)
Historia Mathematica
Volume: 43
Issue: 4
Pages: 415-426
A short, catchy, and in its content somewhat exaggerated, quote allows us to draw a connection through three-quarters of a century between two leaders of mathematics who apparently held somewhat similar philosophical, pedagogical, and political views. In addition to providing some new facets to the biographies of Gergonne and Hilbert, our article relates to increasing demands for the dissemination of mathematical knowledge and to corresponding structural changes within mathematics during the 19th century. Ein kurzes, prägnantes und in seiner Aussage etwas übertreibendes Zitat erlaubt es uns, eine Verbindungslinie durch ein Dreivierteljahrhundert zwischen zwei führenden Mathematikern zu ziehen, die anscheinend verwandte philosophische, pädagogische und politische Ansichten vertraten. Indem wir den Biographien von Gergonne und Hilbert einige neue Facetten hinzugefügen, deuten wir zugleich auf die während des 19. Jahrhunderts zunehmenden Anforderungen an die Verbreitung mathematischen Wissens und auf damit einhergehende strukturelle Änderungen in der Mathematik selbst hin.
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