Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 2

by Kline, Morris

• ISBN13: 9780195061369
• ISBN10: 0195061365
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-03-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The major creations and developments in mathematics from the beginnings in Babylonia and Egypt through the first few decades of the twentieth century are presented with clarity and precision in this comprehensive historical study.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Three-Volume Paperback Edition of Mathematical Thought	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Mathematics as of 1700	p. 391
Bibliography	p. 399
Calculus in the Eighteenth Century	p. 400
Bibliography	p. 434
Infinite Series	p. 436
Bibliography	p. 466
Ordinary Differential Equations in the Eighteenth Century	p. 468
Bibliography	p. 501
Partial Differential Equations in the Eighteenth Century	p. 502
Bibliography	p. 543
Analytic and Differential Geometry in the Eighteenth Century	p. 544
Bibliography	p. 571
The Calculus of Variations in the Eighteenth Century	p. 573
Bibliography	p. 590
Algebra in the Eighteenth Century	p. 592
Bibliography	p. 612
Mathematics as of 1800	p. 614
Bibliography	p. 625
Functions of a Complex Variable	p. 626
Bibliography	p. 669
Partial Differential Equations in the Nineteenth Century	p. 671
Bibliography	p. 707
Ordinary Differential Equations in the Nineteenth Century	p. 709
Bibliography	p. 738
The Calculus of Variations in the Nineteenth Century	p. 739
Bibliography	p. 750
Galois Theory	p. 752
Bibliography	p. 770
Quaternions, Vectors, and Linear Associative Algebras	p. 772
Bibliography	p. 794
Determinants and Matrices	p. 795
Bibliography	p. 812
Abbreviations	p. i
Name Index	p. iii
Subject Index	p. xiii
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