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Mathematics and its history /

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This book presents a concise unified view of mathematics and its historical development. It is aimed at senior undergraduates - or any other mathematicians - who have mastered the basic topics but wish to gain a better grasp of mathematics as a whole. Reasons for the emergence of the main fields of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stillwell, John
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer-Verlag, [1989]
Series:Undergraduate texts in mathematics.
Subjects:
Mathematics > History.
Mathématiques > Histoire.
Mathematics.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Theorem of Pythagoras
  • Greek Geometry
  • Greek Number Theory
  • Infinity in Greek Mathematics
  • Polynomial Equations
  • Analytic Geometry
  • Projective Geometry
  • Calculus
  • Infinite Series
  • The Revival of Number Theory
  • Elliptic Functions
  • Mechanics
  • Complex Numbers in Algebra
  • Complex Numbers and Curves
  • Complex Numbers and Functions
  • Differential Geometry
  • Noneuclidean Geometry
  • Group Theory
  • Topology
  • Sets, Logic, and Computation
  • References
  • Index.