The axioms of this group are defined so as to be as broad as possible, in contrast to the systems of axioms of Euclid, which characterize only Euclidean geometry, and of Giuseppe Peano, which concern the theory of natural numbers.
The axioms of this group are defined so as to be as broad as possible, in contrast to the systems of axioms of Euclid, which characterize only Euclidean geometry, and of Giuseppe Peano, which concern the theory of natural numbers. They take their name from a general who has a statue in Nancy, where most of them worked. However, the name Nicholas comes from a certain saint who brings gifts to the mathematical world. FTP, name this influential mathematical group, who publishes their books under a pseudonym.
The axioms of this group are defined so as to be as broad as possible, in contrast to the systems of axioms of Euclid, which characterize only Euclidean geometry, and of Giuseppe Peano, which concern the theory of natural numbers.
Nicholas {Bourbaki}