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Peano

Peano proper noun: giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician.

Proper noun

Peano

  1. Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician.
    • Since Peano wanted to use logic for reasoning about mathematics, he replaced Peirce’s symbols with symbols that could be freely mixed with mathematical formulas. Peano gave full credit to Peirce for the notation and declared Frege’s notation unreadable.2011 August 8, John F. Sowa, “Peirce’s Tutorial on Existential Graphs”, in Semiotica, 186:1-4, 345-394

Words formed from Peano

Phrases with Peano

Questions about Peano

What does Peano mean?
Peano means giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician.
What part of speech is Peano?
Peano is a proper noun.

Words near Peano in the dictionary

  1. peanism
  2. peanisms
  3. peanits
  4. peannies
  5. peanny
  6. Peano
  7. Peano arithmetic
  8. Peano arithmetics
  9. Peano axiom
  10. Peano axioms
  11. Peano curve

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