NDLI: Computer science, federal programs, and Nirvana

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Curtis, Kent K.
Abstract	My text this morning comes from a highly regarded German algebraist of the nineteenth century, Leopold Kronecker. He was engaged in a vigorous debate with other mathematicians on exactly this question, what are the foundations of mathematics? What set of axioms can be used as a basis for deriving everything else? Most mathematicians were following directions of thought which invoked the concept of infinity, infinite sequences, infinite sets, infinite classes, and reciprocally, the notion of infinitesimal. By consistent application of logic, their premise inexorably led to further elaborations such as trans-finite numbers which are esoteric in the experience of most of us. Kronecker vigorously asserted that following this path was an error. He claimed that one must begin, and not only begin but remain content with the integers and those things which can be described algorithmically in terms of them. “God made the integers, and all the rest is the work of man.”
Starting Page	109
Ending Page	113
Page Count	5
ISSN	00978418
DOI	10.1145/953064.811142
Journal	ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (SGCS)
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1978-02-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Computer science, federal programs, and Nirvana