Associations to the word «Hilbert»

Wiktionary

HILBERT, proper noun. (rare) A male given name.
HILBERT, proper noun. A patronymic surname​.
HILBERT CUBE, noun. (topology) A metrizable topological space which is the product of a countably infinite number of closed intervals.
HILBERT SPACE, noun. (functional analysis) A generalized Euclidean space in which mathematical functions take the place of points; crucial to the understanding of quantum mechanics and other applications.

Dictionary definition

HILBERT, noun. German mathematician (1862-1943).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin