Mathematics Emerging - A Sourcebook 1540-1900

Zusatztext 'Beautifully and lovingly presented - a joy to read... Anyone who enjoys mathematics will love it.' Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung This book examines the development of mathematics from the late 16th Century to the end of the 19th Century. Each chapter will focus on a particular topic and outline its history with the provision of facsimiles of primary source material along with explanatory notes and modern interpretations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Beginnings 2: Fresh ideas 3: Foreshadowings of calculus 4: The calculus of Newton and of Leibniz 5: Early mathematical physics: Newton's Principia 6: Early number theory 7: Early probability 8: Power series 9: Functions 10: Making calculus work 11: Limits and continuity 12: Solving equations 13: Groups, fields, ideals and rings 14: Derivatives and integrals 15: Complex analysis 16: Convergence and completeness 17: Linear algebra 18: Foundations People, institutions, and journals Bibliographies Index

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Stedall
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2008
• EAN: 9780199226900
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922690-0
• No. of pages: 653
• Dimensions: 197 mm x 254 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Guides; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Geschichte der Mathematik, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Mathematics, History of mathematics