ENGLISH

History of Vector Analysis

By Michael J. Crowe

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
1994
ISBN
0486679101
Google Books ID
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Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2603801 bytes)
Pages
287\287
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The first large-scale study of the development of vectorial systems, awarded a special prize for excellence in 1992 from France’s prestigious Jean Scott Foundation. Traces the rise of the vector concept from the discovery of complex numbers through the systems of hypercomplex numbers created by Hamilton and Grassmann to the final acceptance around 1910 of the modern system of vector analysis. Concentrates on vector addition and subtraction, the forms of vector multiplication, vector division (in those systems where it occurs), and the specification of vector types. 1985 corrected edition of 1967 original.

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