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Logic's lost genius - The life of Gerhard Gentzen

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Author(s): Menzler-Trott, Eckart (Author); Craig Smoryński(Translator); Edward Griffor(Translator)
Series: History of Mathematics 33
Publisher: AMS; LMS
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 440
Tags: History of mathematics；Mathematical logic；Proof theory

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Contents
Preface to the English edition
Introduction
Early youth and abitur
1928-1938—Weimar Republic and National Socialism in peace. From the beginning of studies to the extension of the unscheduled assistantship for another year with effect from 1 October 1938
1939-1942—From the beginning of the war to dismissal from the Wehrmacht and the wartime habilitation under Helmut Hasse
The fight over “German logic” from 1940 to 1945: A battle between amateurs
Recovery and docent position 1942 to 1944
Arrest, imprisonment, death and Nachlass
Conclusion
Tables of the life of Gerhard Gentzen
Appendix A: Gentzen and geometry, by C. Smoryński
Appendix B: Hilbert’s programme, by C. Smoryński
Appendix C: Three lectures, by Gerhard Gentzen
Appendix D: From Hilbert’s programme to Gentzen’s programme, by Jan von Plato
Bibliography
Index
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