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History and philosophy of mathematics, biographies of mathematicians, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics.
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Von Neumann's consistency proof
I'm late to the party, but hope that the following might usefully complement Ali's nice answer and references, first by elaborating slightly on the historical side, and second by briefly indicating an …
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What did Zermelo say he was hoping for on the consistency of set theory?
The following remarks may not speak to what you're really after, but given your explicit reference to Hilbert's Program still being years away when wondering what Zermelo might have in mind, they may …
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Mathematical "urban legends"
Professor A at Harvard told the following story, supposedly a first hand account of his student days at Chicago, though it never struck me as remotely plausible. (I think he just told it so that he w …