Giuseppe Peano between mathematics and logic : proceeding of the International Conference in honour of Giuseppe Peano on the 150th anniversary of his birth and the centennial of the Formulario Mathematico, Turin (Italy), October 2-3, 2008

This book contains the papers developing out the presentations given at the International Conference organized by the Torino Academy of Sciences and the Department of Mathematics Giuseppe Peano of the Torino University to celebrate the 150th anniversary of G. Peano's birth - one of the greatest figures in modern mathematics and logic and the most important mathematical logician in Italy - a century after the publication of Formulario Mathematico, a great attempt to systematise Mathematics in symbolic form. Contains The Papers Developing Out The Presentations Given At The International Conference Organized By The Torino Academy Of Sciences And The Department Of Mathematics Giuseppe Peano Of The Torino University To Celebrate The 150th Anniversary Of G. Peano's Birth - One Of The Greatest Figures In Modern Mathematics And Logic And The Most Important Mathematical Logician In Italy - A Century After The Publication Of Formulario Mathematico, A Great Attempt To Systematise Mathematics In Symbolic Form. Giuseppe Peano And Mathematical Analysis In Italy / F. Skof -- Some Contributions Of Peano To Analysis In The Light Of The Work Of Belgian Mathematicians / J. Mawhin -- Peano, His School And Numerical Analysis / G. Allasia -- Geometric Calculus And Geometry Foundations In Peano / G. Lolli -- The Formulario Between Mathematics And History / C. S. Roero -- Giuseppe Peano: A Revolutionary In Symbolic Logic? / I. Grattan-guinness -- At The Origins Of Metalogic / E. Casari -- Foundations Of Geometry In The School Of Peano / E. A. Marchisotto. Editor, Fulvia Skof. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 171-186) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Giuseppe Peano and Mathematical Analysis in Italy....Pages 1-12 Some Contributions of Peano to Analysis in the Light of the Work of Belgian Mathematicians....Pages 13-28 Peano, his School and ... Numerical Analysis....Pages 29-46 Peano and the Foundations of Arithmetic....Pages 47-67 Geometric Calculus and Geometry Foundations in Peano....Pages 69-82 The Formulario between Mathematics and History....Pages 83-133 Giuseppe Peano: a Revolutionary in Symbolic Logic?....Pages 135-141 At the Origins of Metalogic....Pages 143-156 Foundations of Geometry in the School of Peano....Pages 157-169 Back Matter....Pages 171-193 Contains the papers developing out the presentations given at the International Conference organized by the Torino Academy of Sciences and the Department of Mathematics Giuseppe Peano of the Torino University to celebrate the 150th anniversary of G. Peano's birth - one of the greatest figures in modern mathematics and logic and the most important mathematical logician in Italy - a century after the publication of Formulario Mathematico, a great attempt to systematise Mathematics in symbolic form-- Source other than Library of Congress