Mathematics emerging: a sourcebook 1540-1900
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1. Verfasser: Stedall, Jacqueline A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-648) and index
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 BEGINNINGS; 2 FRESH IDEAS; 3 FORESHADOWINGS OF CALCULUS; 4 THE CALCULUS OF NEWTON AND OF LEIBNIZ; 5 THE MATHEMATICS OF NATURE: NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA; 6 EARLY NUMBER THEORY; 7 EARLY PROBABILITY; 8 POWER SERIES; 9 FUNCTIONS; 10 MAKING CALCULUS WORK; 11 LIMITS AND CONTINUITY; 12 SOLVING EQUATIONS; 13 GROUPS, FIELDS, IDEALS, AND RINGS; 14 DERIVATIVES AND INTEGRALS; 15 COMPLEX ANALYSIS; 16 CONVERGENCE AND COMPLETENESS; 17 LINEAR ALGEBRA; 18 FOUNDATIONS; People, institutions, and journals; Bibliography; Index
This book examines the development of mathematics from the late 16th Century to the end of the 19th Century. Each chapter will focus on a particular topic and outline its history with the provision of facsimiles of primary source material along with explanatory notes and modern interpretations. - ;Aimed at students and researchers in Mathematics, History of Mathematics and Science, this book examines the development of mathematics from the late 16th Century to the end of the 19th Century. Mathematics has an amazingly long and rich history, it has been practised in every society and culture, wi
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ISBN:0191527718
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