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A history of mathematical impossibility /

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This book tells the history of impossibility theorems starting with the ancient Greek proof of the incommensurability of the side and the diagonal in a square.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lützen, Jesper (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Mathematics > History.
Mathematical analysis > History.
Mathématiques > Histoire.
Analyse mathématique > Histoire.
Calculus.
MATHEMATICS.
Geometry.
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Mathematics.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book tells the history of impossibility theorems starting with the ancient Greek proof of the incommensurability of the side and the diagonal in a square.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192693037
0192693034
9780192693020
0192693026
9780191959479
0191959472