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Peano

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[pee-ah-noh, pe-ah-naw] / piˈɑ noʊ, pɛˈɑ nɔ /

noun

  1. Giuseppe 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.


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But in 1931, Gödel showed that no such proof can be found within Peano arithmetic itself.

From Nature • Jul. 2, 2014

The basis for “The Hilbert Heartbreak Hotel” is a set of axioms about integers, or whole numbers, proposed by the Italian mathematician Giuseppe Peano in the late nineteenth century.

From Nature • Jul. 2, 2014

The fractal globule was first described by an Italian mathematician called Guiseppe Peano in 1890, but it was completely theoretical.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011

I. Among the more important writings of this movement are the following: Giuseppi Peano: Formulaire de Mathématique, published by the Rivista di matematica, Tom.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

A résumé of the work which has been thus done may be found in the stately volumes of the Principia Mathematica of Whitehead and Russell, or—to a large extent—in the Formulario Matematico of Professor Peano.

From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various

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