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Encyclopedia - Nicolas Bourbaki: Encyclopedia - Nicolas Bourbaki
Nicolas Bourbaki is the collective allonym under which a group of mainly French 20th-century mathematicians wrote a series of books prese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Bourbaki: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Bourbaki - The Bourbaki Perspective, And Its Limitations
The underlying drive, in Weil and Chevalley at least, was the perceived need for French mathematics to absorb the best ideas of the Gött...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Bourbaki: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Bourbaki - The Group
Accounts of the early days vary, but original documents have now come to light. The founding members were all connected to the Ecole Norm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Bourbaki: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Bourbaki - Books By Bourbaki
Aiming at a completely self-contained treatment of most of modern mathematics based on set theory, the group produced the following volum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Bourbaki: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Bourbaki - Influence On Mathematics In General
The emphasis on rigour may be seen as a reaction to the work of Jules-Henri Poincaré, who stressed the importance of free-flowing mathem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Bourbaki: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Bourbaki - Dieudonné As Speaker For Bourbaki
Public discussion of, and justification for, Bourbaki's thoughts has in general been through Jean Dieudonné, who initially was the 'scri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Bourbaki: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Bourbaki - The Bourbaki Perspective And Its Limitations
The underlying drive, in Weil and Chevalley at least, was the perceived need for French mathematics to absorb the best ideas of the Gött...   » Read the article