Gordan's Theorem

Theorem

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Also known as

Gordan's Theorem is also known as the Finite Base Theorem.

Some sources give the name Gordon's Theorem, but that is incorrect.

Source of Name

This entry was named for Paul Albert Gordan.

Historical Note

Gordan's Theorem was proved by Paul Albert Gordan in $1868$.

He tried to generalized it to higher-order forms, but was unsuccessful.

David Hilbert finally completed the work in $1888$.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Gordan, Paul Albert (1837-1912)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Gordan, Paul Albert (1837-1912)