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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

In Geometry, as in other parts of mathematics, Peano and his disciples have done work of the very greatest merit as regards principles.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell

All these, however, are a concession, and are swept away by Professor Peano.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell

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