L. E. J. Brouwer
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Brouwer (right) at the International Mathematical Congress, Zurich 1932
Brouwer–Hilbert controversy
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The Brouwer–Hilbert controversy was a debate in twentieth-century mathematics over fundamental questions about the consistency of axioms and the role of semantics and syntax in mathematics. L. E. J. B
L. E. J. Brouwer
…constructivist school of mathematics which argues that mathematics is a cognitive construct rather than a type of objective truth. This position led to the Brouwer–Hilbert controversy, in which Brouwer sparred with his formalist colleague David Hilbert. Brouwer's ideas were subsequently taken up by his student Arend Heyting and…
David Hilbert (1862–1943)