Reuben Goodstein

Reuben Goodstein
Born(1912-12-15)15 December 1912
London, England
Died8 March 1985(1985-03-08) (aged 72)
Leicester, England
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
Birkbeck, University of London
Known forGoodstein's theorem
Primitive recursive arithmetic
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Leicester
University of Cambridge
Thesis An axiom-free equation calculus  (1946)
Academic advisorsLudwig Wittgenstein[1][2]
Doctoral studentsAlan Bundy
S. Barry Cooper
Martin Löb

Reuben Louis Goodstein (15 December 1912 – 8 March 1985) was an English mathematician with a strong interest in the philosophy and teaching of mathematics.[3]

  1. ^ Nuno Venturinha, The Textual Genesis of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, Routledge, 2013, p. 39.
  2. ^ In Goodstein, R. L. (1939). "Mathematical Systems". Mind. 48 (189): 58–73. doi:10.1093/mind/XLVIII.189.58., at p. 58, Goodstein refers to Wittgenstein as his former teacher.
  3. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Reuben Goodstein", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

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