History of Mathematics Brief Version

by Katz, Victor J.

• ISBN13: 9780321161932
• ISBN10: 0321161939
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-22
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

One of the leading historians in the mathematics field, Victor Katz provides a world view of mathematics, balancing ancient, early modern, and modern history. Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greek Mathematics to the Time of Euclid, Greek Mathematics from Archimedes to Ptolemy, Diophantus to Hypatia, Ancient and Medieval China, Ancient and Medieval India, The Mathematics of Islam, Mathematics in Medieval Europe, Mathematics in the Renaissance, Precalculus in the Seventeenth Century, Calculus in the Seventeenth Century, Analysis in the Eighteenth Century, Probability and Statistics in the Eighteenth Century, Algebra and Number Theory in the Eighteenth Century, Geometry in the Eighteenth Century, Algebra and Number Theory in the Nineteenth Century, Analysis in the Nineteenth Century, Statistics in the Nineteenth Century, Geometry in the Nineteenth Century, Aspects of the Twentieth Century For all readers interested in the history of mathematics.

Table of Contents

Egypt and Mesopotamia

Greek Mathematics to the Time of Euclid

Greek Mathematics from Archimedes to Ptolemy

Diophantus to Hypatia

Ancient and Medieval China

Ancient and Medieval India

The Mathematics of Islam

Mathematics in Medieval Europe

Mathematics in the Renaissance

Precalculus in the Seventeenth Century

Calculus in the Seventeenth Century

Analysis in the Eighteenth Century

Probability and Statistics in the Eighteenth Century

Algebra and Number Theory in the Eighteenth Century

Geometry in the Eighteenth Century

Algebra and Number Theory in the Nineteenth Century

Analysis in the Nineteenth Century

Statistics in the Nineteenth Century

Geometry in the Nineteenth Century

Aspects of the Twentieth Century

Appendix

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