Abraham Robinson, the Creator of Nonstandard Analysis

S. S. Kutateladze

Sibirskie èlektronnye matematičeskie izvestiâ, Tome 10 (2013), pp. А.35-А.41.

Résumé

This is a short biographical sketch and tribute to Abraham Robinson (1908–1974) on the 95th anniversary of his birth.

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