The development of Euclidean axiomatics: The systems of principles and the foundations of mathematics in editions of the Elements in the Early Modern Age

Vincenzo De Risi

doi:10.1007/s00407-015-0173-9

The development of Euclidean axiomatics: The systems of principles and the foundations of mathematics in editions of the Elements in the Early Modern Age

Arch Hist Exact Sci. 2016;70(6):591-676. doi: 10.1007/s00407-015-0173-9. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

Author

Vincenzo De Risi¹

Affiliation

¹ MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany.

Abstract

The paper lists several editions of Euclid's Elements in the Early Modern Age, giving for each of them the axioms and postulates employed to ground elementary mathematics.