The genius of Euler : reflections on his life and work /
The collected articles, aimed at a mathematically literate audience, address aspects of Euler's life and work, from the biographical to the historical to the mathematical. The oldest of these was written in 1872, and the most recent dates to 2006. Some of the papers focus on Euler and his world...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Mathematical Association of America,
[2007]
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| Series: | MAA tercentenary Euler celebration ;
v. 2. MAA spectrum. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | The collected articles, aimed at a mathematically literate audience, address aspects of Euler's life and work, from the biographical to the historical to the mathematical. The oldest of these was written in 1872, and the most recent dates to 2006. Some of the papers focus on Euler and his world, others describe a specific Eulerian achievement, and still others survey a branch of mathematics to which Euler contributed significantly. -- From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 309 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0883855585 9780883855584 |