Ernst Zermelo: An Approach to His Life and Work - Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus - Google Books

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Ernst Zermelo (1871-1953) 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. His dissertation, for example, promoted the calculus of…