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Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (/ z ɜːr ˈ m ɛ l oʊ /, German: [tsɛɐ̯ˈmeːlo]; 27 July 1871 – 21 May 1953) was a German logician and mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics.
Ernst Zermelo was a German mathematician who did pioneering work on the foundations of mathematics. View two larger pictures. Biography. Ernst Zermelo's parents were Ferdinand Zermelo and Maria Augusta Elisabeth Ziegler. His father was a college professor so Zermelo was brought up in a family where academic pursuits were encouraged.
In set theory: The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms. …in 1908 by German mathematician Ernst Zermelo. From his analysis of the paradoxes described above in the section Cardinality and transfinite numbers, he concluded that they are associated with sets that are “too big,” such as the set of all sets in Cantor’s paradox.
Jul 2, 2013 · The first axiomatisation of set theory was given by Zermelo in his 1908 paper “Untersuchungen über die Grundlagen der Mengenlehre, I” (Zermelo 1908b), which became the basis for the modern theory of sets.
This biography sheds light on all facets of the life and the achievements of Ernst Zermelo (1871-1953). Zermelo is best-known for the statement of the axiom of choice and his axiomatization of set theory. However, he also worked in applied mathematics and mathematical physics.
Ernst Zermelo (1871–1953) is best-known for his great, pioneering work in set theory that transformed the subject. Of focal importance are his introduction of the axiom of choice in 1904 and his axiomatization of set theory in 1908.
Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (July 27, 1871, Berlin, German Empire – May 21, 1953, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany) was a German mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics.
