What Did David Hilbert Invent in Math

David HilbertNationalityGermanEducationUniversity of Königsberg (PhD)

What are the contribution of David Hilbert?

David Hilbert, (born January 23, 1862, Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]—died February 14, 1943, Göttingen, Germany), German mathematician who reduced geometry to a series of axioms and contributed substantially to the establishment of the formalistic foundations of mathematics.

How did David Hilbert accomplishments affect other mathematics?

In 1900 Hilbert took a sweeping overview of mathematics, defining his famous 23 problems. In doing so, he had a greater effect in shaping mathematics in the 20th century than any other person. Hilbert outlined 23 problems or questions he thought, if answered correctly, would carry mathematics to a new level.

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