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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828763303321

Titolo

Essays in the history of mathematics / / Arthur Schlissel, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, R.I., USA : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1984

ISBN

1-4704-0708-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 p.)

Collana

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, , 0065-9266 ; ; volume 48, number 298 (March 1984)

Disciplina

510 s

510/.9

Soggetti

Mathematics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The papers in this volume represent the talks given at the special session on the history of mathematics held at the annual meeting of the American Mathematical Society, San Francisco, California, January 7-11, 1981"--Introd.

"March 1984."

"Volume 48, number 298 (end of volume)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Reminiscences about the origins of linear programming""; ""Functional analysis in the theory of partial differential equations""; ""Some influences of population biology on mathematics""; ""PDE generalizations of the Sturm comparison theorem""; ""Stochastic theory of epidemics�continuing efforts to achieve realism""; ""The origins of turning point theory""