Irrationality, Transcendence and the Circle-Squaring Problem : An Annotated Translation of J. H. Lambert’s Vorläufige Kenntnisse and Mémoire / / by Eduardo Dorrego López, Elías Fuentes Guillén |
Autore | Dorrego López Eduardo |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 pages) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Mathematics - Philosophy History of Mathematical Sciences Philosophy of Mathematics Filosofia de la matemàtica Irracionalisme (Filosofia) Transcendència (Filosofia) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-031-24363-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Antecedents -- Chapter 1. From Geometry to Analysis -- Chapter 2. The situation in the first half of the 18th century. Euler and continued fractions -- Part II: Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728—1777) -- Chapter 3. A biographical approach to Johann Heinrich Lambert -- Chapter 4. Outline of Lambert's Mémoire (1761/1768) -- Chapter 5. An annotated translation of Lambert's Mémoire (1761/1768) -- Chapter 6. Outine of Lambert's Vorläufige Kenntnisse (1766/1770) -- Chapter 6. An annotated translation of Lambert's Vorläufige Kenntnisse (1766/1770) -- Part III: The influence of Lambert's work and the development of irrational numbers -- Chapter 8. The state of irrationals until the turn of the century -- Chapter 9. Title to be set up. |
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Dorrego López Eduardo | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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Islamic Geometric Patterns : Their Historical Development and Traditional Methods of Construction / / by Jay Bonner |
Autore | Bonner Jay |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (616 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 701.516 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Architecture Geometry History of Mathematical Sciences Architectural History and Theory |
ISBN | 1-4419-0217-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Forward -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. The Historical Antecedents, Initial Development, Maturity and Dissemination of Islamic Geometric Patterns -- 2. Differentiation: Geometric Diversity and Design Classification -- 3. Polygonal Design Methodology -- 4. Computer Algorithms for Star Pattern Construction -- References -- References -- Glossary -- Index -- Photographic Credits. . |
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Bonner Jay | ||
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Jaghmīnī’s Mulakhkhaṣ : An Islamic Introduction to Ptolemaic Astronomy / / by Sally P. Ragep |
Autore | Ragep Sally P |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 pages) : color illustrations |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations History of Mathematical Sciences Astronomy, Observations and Techniques History of Science |
ISBN | 3-319-31993-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | I. Introduction -- II. Arabic Edition & Editorial Procedures -- III. English Translation -- Appendices -- Bibliography. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163046203321 |
Ragep Sally P | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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Janus-Faced Probability / / by Paolo Rocchi |
Autore | Rocchi Paolo |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
Disciplina |
510
510.9 511.3 519.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Probabilities
Mathematics History Mathematical logic Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes History of Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Logic and Foundations |
ISBN | 3-319-04861-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I On the Meaning of Probability ""; ""1 Interpretations of Probability""; ""1.1�Variety of Theories""; ""1.2�Pluralists""; ""References""; ""2 A Mathematical Approach to the Interpretation Problem""; ""2.1�Why I am a Pluralist""; ""2.2�Guidelines""; ""2.3�An Analytical Approach""; ""2.3.1 Theorem of Large Numbers (Strong)""; ""2.3.2 Theorem of a Single Number""; ""2.4�Two Remarks on Mathematics and Science""; ""2.4.1 Physical Mapping""; ""2.4.2 Division of Labor""; ""2.5�Different Arguments, Different Probabilities""
""References""""3 Probability Validation""; ""3.1�A Parameter that Cannot be Validated Does Not Exist""; ""3.2�Theoretical Proof and Empirical Validation""; ""3.3�From Controllability to Realism""; ""3.3.1 Statistics of Long-Term Events""; ""3.4�From Uncontrollability to Unrealism""; ""3.4.1 Statistics of Single Events""; ""3.5�Sorry Science""; ""3.5.1 Severe Constraint""; ""3.5.2 Opponents to Unrealism""; ""3.5.3 Things are No Longer the Same""; ""3.6�Closing Remarks""; ""References""; ""4 About the Compatibility of the Diverging Interpretations"" ""4.1�Not Contradictory Approaches""""4.2�Method of Working""; ""4.2.1 Lemma of Obligatory Subjectivism""; ""4.2.2 Mutually Exclusive Tactics""; ""References""; ""5 Criticism on the Philosophical Pollution""; ""5.1�Analytical Assumptions""; ""5.2�Separation of Areas""; ""5.3�Inclusiveness""; ""5.4�Terms of Comparison""; ""5.5�Moderated Debates""; ""5.5.1 Death of Dogmatism""; ""5.5.2 Empirical Problem Solving""; ""5.6�Open Doors""; ""References""; ""Part II Considerations Around the Probability Axiomatization ""; ""6 Some Remarks on the Argument of Probability"" ""6.1�Abstract Axioms""""6.2�System Modeling""; ""6.2.1 DFDs""; ""6.2.2 ERD""; ""6.3�A Negligible Topic?""; ""6.3.1 Famous Correspondence""; ""6.3.2 Pascal�s Conjecture""; ""References""; ""7 Classical Modeling of the Probability Argument""; ""7.1�Subset""; ""7.2�Sentence""; ""7.3�Precise and Generic Arguments""; ""8 Structural Modeling of the Probability Argument""; ""8.1�Structural Model""; ""8.1.1 Graph Model""; ""8.1.2 Algebraic Model""; ""8.1.3 Use of the Structural Model""; ""8.2�Compound Structures""; ""8.2.1 Meta-Relationships""; ""8.2.2 Basic Structural Forms"" ""8.3�Structure of Levels""""8.3.1 A Case""; ""References""; ""9 Some Topics on Probability and Structural Models""; ""9.1�Demanding Structural Analysis""; ""9.2�Illustration of Events""; ""9.2.1 Complete Structure""; ""9.2.2 Incomplete Structure""; ""9.2.3 Ignorance, Uncertainty and Perfect Knowledge""; ""9.2.4 Structures and Probability""; ""9.3�In Search of a Precise Argument""; ""9.3.1 Experiments""; ""9.3.2 Classical Definition""; ""9.3.3 Definitional Arguments of Probability""; ""9.3.4 Useful Arguments of Probability""; ""References""; ""10 Exploring into the Essence of Events"" ""10.1�The Core"" |
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Rocchi Paolo | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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Jost Bürgi's Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen (1620) : Edition and Commentary / / by Kathleen Clark |
Autore | Clark Kathleen (Kathleen M.) |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 510.9 |
Collana | Science Networks. Historical Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Mathematics—Study and teaching History of Mathematical Sciences Mathematics Education |
ISBN | 1-4939-3161-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- A Brief Biography of Jost Bürgi (1522-1632) -- Details of Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen: Printed Tables, Manuscripts, and Mathematical Details -- Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen: Edition, Translation, and Commentary -- Final Perspectives -- Appendix 1: Bürgi Biography at a Glance -- Appendix 2: Napier's Argument and Construction of Logarithms -- Appendix 3: The Tables of the Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen/Sambt gründlichem unterricht/wie solche nützlich in allerley Rechnungen zu gebrauchen/und verstanden werden sol (Bürgi, 1620) -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300246503321 |
Clark Kathleen (Kathleen M.) | ||
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2015 | ||
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Journey through Mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : Creative Episodes in Its History / / by Enrique A. González-Velasco |
Autore | González-Velasco Enrique A |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
Disciplina |
510
510.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History History of Mathematical Sciences Mathematics, general |
ISBN | 0-387-92154-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1 Trigonometry -- 2 Logarithms -- 3 Complex Numbers -- 4 Infinite Series -- 5 The Calculus -- 6 Convergence -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789694403321 |
González-Velasco Enrique A | ||
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011 | ||
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Karaṇapaddhati of Putumana Somayājī / / by Venketeswara Pai, K. Ramasubramanian, M.S. Sriram, M.D. Srinivas |
Autore | Pai Venketeswara |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (486 pages) |
Disciplina | 520.954 |
Collana | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations History of Mathematical Sciences Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 981-10-6814-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Mean planets and the śakābdasaṃskāra -- Chapter 2. Obtaining smaller guṇas and hāras -- Chapter 3. Computation of the khaṇḍa, dhruva, etc. of the Moon -- Chapter 4. Obtaining the hārakas for the planets -- Chapter 5. Examination of the revolution numbers etc -- Chapter 6. Relation between the circumference and the diameter and computation of Rsines -- Chapter 7. Obtaining the planetary longitudes -- Chapter 8. Gnomonic shadow -- Chapter 9. Ascendent at the meridian transit -- Chapter 10. Obtaining the Right Ascension, etc. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910392743203321 |
Pai Venketeswara | ||
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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Karl Weierstraß (1815–1897) : Aspekte seines Lebens und Werkes – Aspects of his Life and Work / / herausgegeben von Wolfgang König, Jürgen Sprekels |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer Spektrum, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematical analysis
Analysis (Mathematics) Mathematics History Analysis History of Mathematical Sciences |
ISBN | 3-658-10619-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Die prägenden Jahre im Leben von Karl Weierstraß (Jürgen Elstrodt) -- Zur Biographie von Karl Weierstraß und zu einigen Aspekten seiner Mathematik (Reinhard Bölling) -- Weierstraß und die Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Eberhard Knobloch) -- Karl Weierstraß and the theory of Abelian and elliptic functions (Peter Ullrich) -- Building analytic function theory: Weierstraß's approach in lecture courses and papers (Umberto Bottazzini) -- Monodromy and normal forms (Fabrizio Catanese) -- Weierstraß' Approximation Theorem (1885) and his 1886 lecture course revisted (Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze) -- Counterexamples in Weierstraß' Work (Tom Archibald). |
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Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer Spektrum, , 2016 | ||
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Kontinuum, Analysis, Informales – Beiträge zur Mathematik und Philosophie von Leibniz : Herausgegeben von W. Li / / von Herbert Breger ; herausgegeben von Wenchao Li |
Autore | Breger Herbert |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer Spektrum, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History History of Mathematical Sciences |
ISBN | 3-662-50399-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Vorwort -- 1 Leibniz’ Naturphilosophie -- 2 Symmetry in Leibnizean Physics -- 3 Becher, Leibniz und die Rationalität -- 4 Über den von Samuel König veröffentlichten Brief zum Prinzip der kleinsten Wirkung -- 5 Der mechanistische Denkstil in der Mathematik -- 6 God and Mathematics in Leibniz’s Thought -- 7 Mathematics as the substructure of Leibniz’s metaphysics -- 8 Die mathematisch-physikalische Schönheit bei Leibniz -- 9 Das Kontinuum bei Leibniz -- 10 Le continu chez Leibniz -- 11 Analysis und Beweis -- 12 Leibniz’s Calculation with Compendia -- 13 Analysis as a feature of 17th century mathematics -- 14 Ebenen der Abstraktion: Bernoulli, Leibniz und Barrows Theorem -- 15 The Art of Mathematical Rationality -- 16 Natural numbers and infinite cardinal numbers: Paradigm change in mathematics. |
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Breger Herbert | ||
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer Spektrum, , 2016 | ||
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Kurt Gödel [[electronic resource] ] : The Genius of Metamathematics / / by William D. Brewer |
Autore | Brewer William D (William Dean) |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (500 pages) |
Disciplina | 511.30924 |
Collana | Springer Biographies |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Mathematical logic Physicists - Biography Astronomers - Biography Science - History Philosophy - History History of Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Logic and Foundations Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers History of Science History of Philosophy Matemàtics |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Biografies
Llibres electrònics |
ISBN |
9783031113093
9783031113086 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Prologue -- La Belle Époque in Brünn. Beginnings -- School Days. A New Nation -- Moving to the Capital. Student Life in 1920’s Vienna -- The Wiener Kreis and the Mathematical Colloquium. Graduate work -- Private Life in Vienna -- Gödel’s Doctoral Thesis. The Incompleteness Theorems -- The Mathematician in Vienna. Habilitation -- Matters of Health -- A Sojourn Abroad: 1933/34 – Princeton -- Back to Vienna. The First Breakdown -- ‘Commuting’ between Vienna and Princeton – The Late 1930’s. Marriage -- The Continuum Hypothesis -- Professional Uncertainty. A Long Journey Eastwards -- Princeton and the IAS – Philosophy, Einstein and von Neumann. A Bizarre Birthday Present: Gödel‘s Universe -- Reception, Recognition, Honors. Einstein’s Loss. The Professor at Princeton -- The 1960’s: Fame and Seclusion -- Later Years. Philosophy, Cosmology, Logic, Computability -- Gödel’s Legacy – The Lessons of an Unusual Life -- Epilogue. . |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996490347303316 |
Brewer William D (William Dean) | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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