1999/06/01 by Alfred Tarski, Steven Givant · 1 citation
Mathematics · Engineering · #Mathematics and Applications #History and Theory of Mathematics #Advanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and Geometry #Axiom #Foundations of geometry #Euclidean geometry #Independence (probability theory) #Mathematics #Non-Euclidean geometry #Algebra over a field #Geometry #Calculus (dental) #Pure mathematics #Differential geometry
paper · doi:10.2307/421089
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Abstract This paper is an edited form of a letter written by the two authors (in the name of Tarski) to Wolfram Schwabhäuser around 1978. It contains extended remarks about Tarski's system of foundations for Euclidean geometry, in particular its distinctive features, its historical evolution, the history of specific axioms, the questions of independence of axioms and primitive notions, and versions of the system suitable for the development of 1-dimensional geometry.