The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's biography of David Hilbert, covering his life, his axiomatization of geometry, his twenty-three problems of 1900, and his career at Gottingen.
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PublisherMacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews
URLhttps://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hilbert/
Source Typeacademic biography
Reliability Tier2
A specialist academic history-of-mathematics reference maintained by the University of St Andrews, with named editorial contributors and continuous review, tier 2 throughout this atlas for mathematician biographies. Sources
David Hilbert (MacTutor)
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Scientists, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Concepts, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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