@article{Hollings:2017vw,
    Abstract = {In the early years of the twentieth century, the so-called `postulate analysis'---the study of systems of axioms for mathematical objects for their own sake---was regarded by some as a vital part of the efforts to understand those objects. I consider the place of postulate analysis within early twentieth-century mathematics by focusing on the example of a group: I outline the axiomatic studies to which groups were subjected at this time and consider the changing attitudes towards such investigations.},
    Author = {Hollings, Christopher D.},
    Date = {2017/09/01},
    File = {‘Nobody could possibly misunderstand what a group is’- a study in early twentieth-century group axiomatics - Hollings2017\_Article\_NobodyCouldPossiblyMisundersta.pdf},
    ISBN = {1432-0657},
    Journal = {Archive for History of Exact Sciences},
    Number = {5},
    Pages = {409--481},
    Title = {`Nobody could possibly misunderstand what a group is': a study in early twentieth-century group axiomatics},
    URL = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-017-0193-8},
    Volume = {71},
    Year = {2017},
    bdsk-url-1 = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-017-0193-8},
    date-added = {2022-04-30 22:52:40 +0200},
    date-modified = {2022-04-30 22:52:41 +0200},
    id = {Hollings2017},
    doi = {10.1007/s00407-017-0193-8}
}

@article{Hollings:2017vw, Abstract = {In the early years of the twentieth century, the so-called postulate analysis'---the study of systems of axioms for mathematical objects for their own sake---was regarded by some as a vital part of the efforts to understand those objects. I consider the place of postulate analysis within early twentieth-century mathematics by focusing on the example of a group: I outline the axiomatic studies to which groups were subjected at this time and consider the changing attitudes towards such investigations.}, Author = {Hollings, Christopher D.}, Date = {2017/09/01}, File = {‘Nobody could possibly misunderstand what a group is’- a study in early twentieth-century group axiomatics - Hollings2017\_Article\_NobodyCouldPossiblyMisundersta.pdf}, ISBN = {1432-0657}, Journal = {Archive for History of Exact Sciences}, Number = {5}, Pages = {409--481}, Title = {Nobody could possibly misunderstand what a group is': a study in early twentieth-century group axiomatics}, URL = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-017-0193-8}, Volume = {71}, Year = {2017}, bdsk-url-1 = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-017-0193-8}, date-added = {2022-04-30 22:52:40 +0200}, date-modified = {2022-04-30 22:52:41 +0200}, id = {Hollings2017}, doi = {10.1007/s00407-017-0193-8} }