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Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times

By Morris Kline

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
9780195061352, 0195061357
LCC
QA21 .K516 1990
Open Library ID
OL2203701M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3160265 bytes)
Volume
Volume 1
Pages
428\428
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the mathematicians responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the 19th century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. The concluding volume covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Godel on recent mathematical study.

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