alleryWho gave the first axiomatization of natural-number arithmetic, in 1881?
AGiuseppe Peano
BRichard Dedekind
CLeopold Kronecker
DCharles S. Peirce
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Charles S. Peirce
1. Peirce gave the first axiomatization in 1881.
2. Dedekind followed in 1888 and Peano simplified Dedekind's axioms in 1889.
3. Kronecker is known for his remark about integers, not for these axioms.
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