The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics - Couverture souple

Kramer, Edna Ernestine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691023727 ISBN 13 : 9780691023724

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Now available in a one-volume paperback, this book traces the development of the most important mathematical concepts, giving special attention to the lives and thoughts of such mathematical innovators as Pythagoras, Newton, Poincare, and Godel. Beginning with a Sumerian short story--ultimately linked to modern digital computers--the author clearly introduces concepts of binary operations; point-set topology; the nature of post-relativity geometries; optimization and decision processes; ergodic theorems; epsilon-delta arithmetization; integral equations; the beautiful "ideals" of Dedekind and Emmy Noether; and the importance of "purifying" mathematics. Organizing her material in a conceptual rather than a chronological manner, she integrates the traditional with the modern, enlivening her discussions with historical and biographical detail.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691023727
• ISBN 13: 9780691023724
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 784
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