PEANO, GIUSEPPE.

Operazioni sulle grandezze.

Torino, Fratelli Bocca, 1922. Royal8vo. Uncut, unopened in the original blue printed wrappers. In "Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze di Torino", Vol. LVII, Disp. 8a e 9a, 1921-1922. Small paper label pasted on to lower left part of front wrapper. A few nicks to front wrapper. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 310-331. [Entire issue: Pp. 305-347].

First appearance of Peano's important paper operations of variables.

The famous Italian mathematician, logical philosopher, pioneer of symbolic logic, and a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, Giuseppe Peano (1858 -1932) studied mathematics at the University of Turin, where he was employed just after graduating (1880), and where he stayed almost all of his life, devoting this to mathematics. After having graduated with honours, he was employed to assist first Enrico D'Ovidio, and then the renowned Angelo Genocchi, who possessed the chair of Infinitesimal calculus. In 1890 Peano became extraordinary professor, and in 1895 ordinary professor, of infinitesimal calculus at the Unversity of Turin. hIS "Principles of Arithmetics" (the present work) constitutes his groundbreaking main work.

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