Formulario mathematico

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Formulario Mathematico (interlingua: Formulation of mathematics) is a book by Giuseppe Peano which expresses fundamental theorems of mathematics in a symbolic language developed by Peano. Written in interlingua, it was first published in 1895 and the fifth and last edition was published in 1908.

Peano was assisted by Giovanni Vailati, Mario Pieri, Alessandro Padoa, Giovanni Vacca, Vincenzo Vivanti, Gino Fano and Cesare Burali-Forti.

Many of the symbols and abbreviations introduced in the book are now in common use. Examples include ∈, ⊂, ∩, ∪ and A−B.

[edit] References

• Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 2000. The Search for Mathematical Roots 1870-1940. Princeton Uni. Press.