Reuniting the Antipodes - Constructive and Nonstandard Views of the Continuum | Symposium Proceedings, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, May 16-22, 1999

Peter Schuster (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 9048158850 / ISBN 13: 9789048158850

Published by Springer, 2010

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Reuniting the Antipodes - Constructive and Nonstandard Views of the Continuum | Symposium Proceedings, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, May 16-22, 1999 | Peter Schuster (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Synthese Library | xiii | Englisch | 2010 | Springer | EAN 9789048158850 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Reuniting the Antipodes - Constructive and Nonstandard Views of the Continuum | Symposium Proceedings, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, May 16-22, 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048158850
• ISBN 13: 9789048158850
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 19D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 528 grams
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Synopsis

At first glance, Robinson's original form of nonstandard analysis appears nonconstructive in essence, because it makes a rather unrestricted use of classical logic and set theory and, in particular, of the axiom of choice. Recent developments, however, have given rise to the hope that the distance between constructive and nonstandard mathematics is actually much smaller than it appears. So the time was ripe for the first meeting dedicated simultaneously to both ways of doing mathematics – and to the current and future reunion of these seeming opposites.

Consisting of peer-reviewed research and survey articles written on the occasion of such an event, this volume offers views of the continuum from various standpoints. Including historical and philosophical issues, the topics of the contributions range from the foundations, the practice, and the applications of constructive and nonstandard mathematics, to the interplay of these areas and the development of a unified theory.