Mathematician:Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo

German mathematician best known for his work on the foundations of mathematics.

Laid the groundwork (later to be enhanced by ) for what are now known as the Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of axiomatic set theory.

Nationality
Germany

History

 * Born: July 27, 1871, Berlin, German Empire
 * Died: May 21, 1953, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany

Theorems and Definitions

 * Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms: ZF and ZFC (with )
 * Zermelo's Theorem (Game Theory)
 * Zermelo's Theorem (Set Theory)

Books and Papers

 * 1908: Investigations in the foundations of set theory I
 * 1913: On an Application of Set Theory to the Theory of the Game of Chess
 * 1930: On boundary numbers and domains of sets: new investigations in the foundations of set theory
 * 1913: On an Application of Set Theory to the Theory of the Game of Chess
 * 1930: On boundary numbers and domains of sets: new investigations in the foundations of set theory