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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300257703321

Autore

Jost Jürgen

Titolo

Mathematical Concepts / / by Jürgen Jost

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-20436-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 312 p. 130 illus., 16 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

510.1

Soggetti

Geometry, Algebraic

Categories (Mathematics)

Algebra, Homological

Algebra

Convex geometry

Discrete geometry

Geometry, Differential

Biomathematics

Algebraic Geometry

Category Theory, Homological Algebra

General Algebraic Systems

Convex and Discrete Geometry

Differential Geometry

Mathematical and Computational Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview and perspective -- Foundations -- Relations -- Spaces -- What is space? -- Spaces of relations -- Structures -- Categories -- Topoi -- A review of examples.

Sommario/riassunto

The main intention of this book is to describe and develop the conceptual, structural and abstract thinking of mathematics. Specific mathematical structures are used to illustrate the conceptual approach; providing a deeper insight into mutual relationships and abstract common features. These ideas are carefully motivated, explained and illustrated by examples so that many of the more technical proofs can



be omitted. The book can therefore be used: ·         simply as an overview of the panorama of mathematical structures and the relations between them, to be supplemented by more detailed texts whenever you want to acquire a working knowledge of some structure ·         by itself as a first introduction to abstract mathematics ·         together with existing textbooks, to put their results into a more general perspective ·         to gain a new and hopefully deeper perspective after having studied such textbooks Mathematical Concepts has a broader scope and is less detailed than standard mathematical textbooks so that the reader can readily grasp the essential concepts and ideas for individual needs. It will be suitable for advanced mathematicians, postgraduate students and for scientists from other fields with some background in formal reasoning.  .