Formulario mathematico
Formulario Mathematico (Latino sine Flexione[1]: Formulation of mathematics) is a book by Giuseppe Peano which expresses fundamental theorems of mathematics in a symbolic language developed by Peano. The author was assisted by Giovanni Vailati, Mario Pieri, Alessandro Padoa, Giovanni Vacca, Vincenzo Vivanti, Gino Fano and Cesare Burali-Forti.
The Formulario was first published in 1895. The fifth and last edition was published in 1908. Many of the symbols and abbreviations introduced in the book are in common use today. Examples include ∈, ⊂, ∩, ∪ and A−B.
Kennedy (1980) wrote "the development and use of mathematical logic is the guiding motif of the project". He also explains the variety of Peano's publication under the title:
- the five editions of the Formulario [are not] editions in the usual sense of the word. Each is essentially a new elaboration, although much material is repeated. Moreover, the title and language varied: the first three, titled Formulaire de Mathématiques, and the fourth, titled, Formulaire Mathématique, were written in French, while Latino sine flexione, Peano's own invention, wased used for the fifth edition, titled Formulario Mathematico. ... Ugo Cassina lists no less than twenty separately published items as being parts of the 'complete' Formulario!
Notes
- ^ While Latino sine Flexione was sometimes called Interlingua, it should not be confused with modern Interlingua, developed between 1924 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association.
References
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness (2000) The Search for Mathematical Roots 1870-1940. Princeton University Press.
- H.C. Kennedy (1980) Peano, Life and Works of Giuseppe Peano, Chapter 6: The Formulario Project, pages 44–50, Chapter 17: Completion of the Formulario, page 118–24, D. Reidel ISBN 9027710678 .
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