Guide to the Emil L. Post Mathematical Notebooks
1921-1953
Collection Overview | |
| Creator: | Post, Emil L., (Emil Leon), 1897-1954 |
| Title: | Emil L. Post mathematic notebooks |
| Dates: | 1921-1953 |
| Size: | 4.5 linear feet |
| Number of Boxes: | 39 binders |
| Abstract: | Emil L. Post was a prominent Jewish mathemetician. Born in Poland, his family emigrated to New York when he was a child. His work focused on proof theory and logic. The collection contains photoduplicates of mathematical treatises by Emil L. Post (1897-1954), including his work on closed truth systems, creative logic, the theory of finite processes, definability, and absolutely unsolvable problems. |
| Languages: | Materials are in English. |
| Call No: | 1989.004 |
Finding aid encoded January, 2009
Finding aid encoded in English.
Emil L. Post was a prominent Jewish mathemetician. Born in Poland, his family emigrated to New York when he was a child. He completed his Ph.D. in mathematics from Columbia University. He taught mathematics at a number of prestigious American universities, and ended his teaching career at the City College of the City University of New York. His work focused on proof theory and logic.
The collection contains photoduplicates or typescripts of treatises by Emil L. Post (1897-1954), including his work on closed truth systems, creative logic, the theory of finite processes, definability, and absolutely unsolvable problems.
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