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Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times, 3

By Morris , Kline

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN
0195061373, 9780195061376, 9780199770489, 0199770484
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (8015099 bytes)
Pages
439 Seiten\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men 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 ...

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