Giuseppe Veronese

Giuseppe Veronese (May 7, 1854 - July 17 1917) was an Italian mathematician. Although his work was severely criticised as unsound by Peano, he is now recognised as having priority on many ideas that have since become parts of transfinite numbers and model theory, and as one of the respected authorities of the time, his work served to focus Peano and others on the need for greater rigor.

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May 7 - 1854 - July 17 - 1917 - Italian - Mathematician - Peano - Transfinite number - Model theory

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He is particularly noted for his hypothesis of relative continuity which was the foundation for his development of the first non-archimedean linear continuum.

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Hypothesis of relative continuity - Archimedean - Linear - Continuum

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Veronese produced several significant monographs. The most famous appeared in 1891, Fondamenti di geometria a più dimensioni e a più specie di unità rettilinee esposti in forma elementare, normally referred to as Fondamenti di geometria to distinguish it from Veronese' other works also styled Fondamenti. It was this work that was most severely criticised by both Peano and Cantor, however Levi-Civita described it as masterful and Hilbert as profound.

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Cantor - Levi-Civita - Hilbert

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