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On the relation of Hilbert's second and tenth problem

Max Fernandez de Castro

pp. 187-199

In August 1900, during the Second International Congress of Mathematicians, held in Paris, David Hilbert proposed 23 problems, well known since then. He tried to anticipate and, up to a certain point, to determine the subjects and predictable development of mathematics for the new century beginning. According to his opinion the vitality of a science in a given epoch depends directly on the number of problems raised, since they constitute the guide which directs the efforts of scientists.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0109-4_12

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de Castro, M. F. (1995)., On the relation of Hilbert's second and tenth problem, in R. S. Cohen (ed.), Mexican studies in the history and philosophy of science, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 187-199.

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