Reuniting the Antipodes - Constructive and Nonstandard Views of the Continuum
Subtitle: Symposium Proceedings, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, May 16-22, 1999
By: edited by Peter Schuster, Ulrich Berger, Horst Osswald
Contributors: Berger, Ulrich; Osswald, Horst
Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science -- 306; Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science -- 306
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9789048158850; 9789401597579
Subjects: Mathematics; Global analysis (Mathematics); Symbolic and mathematical Logic; Logic
Other titles: Symposion Proceedings, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, May 16-22, 1999
Description: At first glance, Robinson's original form of nonstandard analysis appears nonconstructive in essence, because it makes a rather unrestricted use of classical logic and set theory and, in particular, of the axiom of choice. Recent developments, however, have given rise to the hope that the distance between constructive and nonstandard mathematics is actually much smaller than it appears. So the time was ripe for the first meeting dedicated simultaneously to both ways of doing mathematics - and to the current and future reunion of these seeming opposites. Consisting of peer-reviewed research and survey articles written on the occasion of such an event, this volume offers views of the continuum from various standpoints. Including historical and philosophical issues, the topics of the contributions range from the foundations, the practice, and the applications of constructive and nonstandard mathematics, to the interplay of these areas and the development of a unified theory.
Notes: Online full text is restricted to subscribers.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.