Hilbert’s 12th problem asked for novel analogues of the roots of unity, the building blocks for certain number systems. Now, ... In the year 1900, the mathematician David Hilbert announced a list of ...

The guarantee comes from an unlikely place—a mathematical problem known as “sum of squares.” The problem was posed in 1900 by the great mathematician David Hilbert.

In 1900, the eminent mathematician David Hilbert announced a list of 23 key problems to guide the next century of mathematical research. His problems not only provided a road map for the field but ...

The Problem Posed by David Hilbert According to Live Science, the significance of this discover... advertisement. Daily Galaxy. 125-Year-Old Physics Puzzle Finally Cracked by Mathematicians.

Long considered solved, David Hilbert’s question about seventh-degree polynomials is leading researchers to a new web of mathematical connections. Success is rare in math. Just ask Benson Farb. “The ...

Legendary mathematician David Hilbert presented 10 unsolved problems as ambitious guideposts for the 20th century. He later expanded his list to include 23 problems, ...

The 1930 Königsberg conference hosted two of the greatest minds in mathematics engaged in a profound struggle. The conference saw David Hilbert, largely regarded as the father of 20th-century ...

German mathematician David Hilbert presented this supposed paradox during a 1925 lecture on infinity. The example illustrates how not all concepts can be transferred from finite to infinite cases ...

NEWS has reached Great Britain that Prof. David Hilbert, of Gottingen, died recently. He was born on January 23, 1862, and was a mathematician of tremendous power who ranged over a wide field and ...