Gordan's Theorem/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Gordan's Theorem
Gordan's Theorem was proved by Paul Albert Gordan in $1868$.
He tried to generalized it to higher-order forms, but was unsuccessful.
David Hilbert finally completed the work in $1888$.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Gordan, Paul Albert (1837-1912)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Gordan, Paul Albert (1837-1912)