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9780883855621

History of Mathematics : Highways and Byways

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  • ISBN13:

    9780883855621

  • ISBN10:

    0883855623

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-12-08
  • Publisher: Mathematical Assn of Amer
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Summary

This is a novel, short, and eminently readable history of mathematics. Many histories provide a chronological history of the entire subject, which can sometimes make it difficult to follow the development of a particular branch over time. Dahan-Delmm_dico and Pfeiffer succeed splendidly in tracing each branch from its beginnings forward. They also give an outstanding account of how the Arabs not only preserved Greek mathematics, but extended it in the 800 year period from 400-1200. The large number of informative illustrations support the text and contribute to what is a great read.

Table of Contents

Translator's preface
Landscapes
A moment of rationality: Greece
The constitution of classical algebra
Figures, spaces, and geometries
Limits: from the unconceived to the concept
The concept of function and the development of analysis
At the crossroads of algebra, analysis, and geometry: complex numbers
New objects, new laws: the emergence of algebraic structures
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