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$\begingroup$ I suspect you are right that (106) in his truly great paper is the nearest Dedekind gets. But is that really enough to warrant attributing Dedekind the generalization to [what we now call] any poset? Perhaps not ...? $\endgroup$

Peter Smith
– Peter Smith

2014-11-18 20:08:59 +00:00
Commented Nov 18, 2014 at 20:08
$\begingroup$ @PeterSmith - I agree; with insight, it is very easy to "generalize" it --- now that we have one hundred years of development of set theory and abstract algebra (due also to Dedekind). $\endgroup$

Mauro ALLEGRANZA
– Mauro ALLEGRANZA

2014-11-18 20:20:36 +00:00
Commented Nov 18, 2014 at 20:20

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