David Hilbert

Also known as Hilbert

German mathematician (1862–1943)

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David Hilbert was a German mathematician who lived from 1862 to 1943 and made groundbreaking contributions to multiple areas of mathematics, helping to shape modern mathematical thinking. His work and ideas remain influential in mathematics today, making him one of the most significant mathematicians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1862
Died: 1943
Works: 77

Top works

The foundations of geometry
Grundlagen der Mathmatik
Hilbertiana
Hermann Minkowski
Grundlagen der Geometrie

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1965-01-28

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Discography

Official site Discogs

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Listeners: 99
Total plays: 417

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5 total works indexed

Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,005x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 76,915x
The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,913x
Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,755x
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 57,926x

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1862–1943
Nationality: DE, IT, XX
Role / Field: Mathematiciens, Vysokoskolsti ucitele, Pracownice i pracownicy naukowi, Matematycy, Matematikis, Matematika
Language: ger, deu
Gender: Male

Recorded by 35 libraries

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Quotes

“Every kind of science, if it has only reached a certain degree of maturity, automatically becomes a part of mathematics.”
“Aus dem Paradies, das Cantor uns geschaffen, soll uns niemand vertreiben können.”
“Wir dürfen nicht denen glauben, die heute mit philosophischer Miene und überlegenem Tone den Kulturuntergang prophezeien und sich in dem Ignorabimus gefallen. Für uns gibt es kein Ignorabimus, und meiner Meinung nach auch für die Naturwissenschaft überhaupt nicht. Statt des törichten Ignorabimus heiße im Gegenteil unsere Losung:”
“The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.”
“One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.”
“Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.”

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Commons category: David Hilbert
date of birth: 1862-01-23
date of death: 1943-02-14
Commons gallery: David Hilbert
Erdős number: 4
name in native language: David Hilbert
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011384
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David Hilbert (/ˈhɪlbərt/; German: [ˈdaːvɪt ˈhɪlbɐt]; 23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943) was a German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics and one of the most influential mathematicians of all time.

Hilbert discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas including invariant theory, the calculus of variations, commutative algebra, algebraic number theory, the foundations of geometry, spectral theory of operators and its application to integral equations, mathematical physics, and the foundations of mathematics (particularly proof theory). He adopted and defended Georg Cantor's set theory and transfinite numbers. In 1900, he presented a collection of problems that set a course for mathematical research of the 20th century.