Author: Leo Corry
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034879172
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
This book describes two stages in the historical development of the notion of mathematical structures: first, it traces its rise in the context of algebra from the mid-1800s to 1930, and then considers attempts to formulate elaborate theories after 1930 aimed at elucidating, from a purely mathematical perspective, the precise meaning of this idea.