HILBERT, DAVID.

Ueber einen allgemeinen Gesichtspunkt für invariantentheorietische Untersuchungen im binären Formengebiete.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1887. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 28., 1887. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp. 381-446. [Entire volume: Pp. IV, 600.]

First printing of Hilbert's "Habilitationsschrift", a fundamental work on algebraic invariants. With this he meant to revolutionize the feld by several new methods that
play no part in the 1888 proof but would reappear to some extent in Hilbert’s (1891-92; 1893) response to Gordan’s criticism. By that time Hilbert’s results
plus further ones by Gordan would solve Gordan’s problem.

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