1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996207300803316

Titolo

Biomedical imaging and intervention journal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lumpur, Malaysia, : Dept. of Biomedical Imaging, University of Malaya, 2005-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Radiology

Medical radiology

Radiotherapy

Oncology

Diagnostic Imaging

Medical Oncology

Biomedicine

Medical Imaging

Periodical

Fulltext

Internet Resources.

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

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2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910349317903321

Titolo

Geometry in history / / S.G. Dani, Athanase Papadopoulos, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

9783030136093

3-030-13609-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (759 pages)

Disciplina

516.009

Soggetti

Geometry, Projective

Mathematics

History

Topology

Functions of complex variables

Projective Geometry

History of Mathematical Sciences

Functions of a Complex Variable

Geometria - Història

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Plato on Geometry and the Geometers -- Topology and Biology: From Aristotle to Thom -- Time and eriodicity from Ptolemy to Schrödinger: Paradigm Shifts vs Continuity in History of Mathematics -- Convexity in Greek Antiquity -- On the Concept of Curve: Geometry and Algebra, fromMathematicalModernity to MathematicalModernism -- From Euclid to Riemann and Beyond: How to Describe the Shape of the Universe -- A Path in History, from Curvature to Convexity -- The Axiomatic Destiny of the Theorems of Pappus and Desargues -- Projective Configuration Theorems: Old Wine into New Wineskins -- Poincaré’s GeometricWorldview and Philosophy -- Perturbing a Planar Rotation: Normal Hyperbolicity and Angular Twist -- René Thom and an Anticipated h-Principle -- Rigid and Flexible Facets of Symplectic Topology -- Flat Affine, Projective and Conformal Structures on



Manifolds: A Historical Perspective -- Basic Aspects of Differential Geometry -- The Global Study of Riemannian-Finsler Geometry -- The Poincaré Conjecture and Related Statements -- A Glimpse into the Problems of the Fourth Dimension -- Memories fromMy Former Life: The Making of a Mathematician -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a collection of surveys on important mathematical ideas, their origin, their evolution and their impact in current research. The authors are mathematicians who are leading experts in their fields. The book is addressed to all mathematicians, from undergraduate students to senior researchers, regardless of the specialty.