Mathematics
- David Hilbert and Wilhelm Ackermann publish Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik, a pioneering elementary text in first-order logic stating the Entscheidungsproblem.
- John von Neumann publishes Zur Theorie der Gesellschaftsspiele, a text in game theory.
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