Hilbert

John von Neumann's 1935 letter to Oswald Veblen

The book John von Neumann: Selected Letters* by Miklós Rédei (2005) is a fascinating collection of 150 of John von Neumann (1903-57)’s correspondences…

Aug 30, 2024 •

Jørgen Veisdal

David Hilbert's Influence on Economics

Eminent mathematician David Hilbert (1862-1943) is not known for his interest or works in economics.

Nov 26, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

Turing Uncomputability

As Leibniz suggested, we appear to live in the best of all possible worlds, where the computable functions make life predictable enough to be…

Aug 13, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

The Center of the Mathematical Universe

Around the same time as Kronecker obtained his doctorate, Gauss’ star pupil Riemann also transferred to Berlin, where he stayed for two years before…

Aug 8, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

Einstein and Hilbert’s Relativity Race (1915)

The published version of a talk by mathematician David Hilbert (1862-1943), dated the 20th of November 1915 is entitled ‘Die Grundlagen der Physik’ (“On…

Jul 3, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

The Unparalleled Genius of John von Neumann

By the time of his death in 1957 at the modest age of 53, the Hungarian polymath had not only revolutionized several subfields of mathematics and…

May 19, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

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