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A historian looks back : the calculus as algebra and selected writings / / by Judith V. Grabiner [[electronic resource]]
| A historian looks back : the calculus as algebra and selected writings / / by Judith V. Grabiner [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Grabiner Judith V. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 515 |
| Collana | Spectrum series |
| Soggetto topico |
Calculus - History
Functional analysis Mathematics - History |
| ISBN | 1-61444-506-0 |
| Classificazione | 31.01 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The calculus as algebra -- The mathematician, the historian, and the history of mathematics -- Who gave you the epsilon? Cauchy and the origins of rigorous calculus -- The changing concept of change: the derivative from Fermat to Weierstrass -- The centrality of mathematics in the history of western thought -- Descartes and problem-solving -- The calculus as algebra, the calculus as geometry: Lagrange, Maclaurin, and their legacy -- Was Newton's calculus a dead end? the continental influence of Maclaurin's treatise of fluxions -- Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics -- Why should historical truth matter to mathematicians? dispelling myths while promoting maths -- Why did Lagrange "prove" the parallel postulate? |
| Altri titoli varianti | Calculus as algebra and selected writings |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790362403321 |
Grabiner Judith V.
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| Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A historian looks back : the calculus as algebra and selected writings / / by Judith V. Grabiner [[electronic resource]]
| A historian looks back : the calculus as algebra and selected writings / / by Judith V. Grabiner [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Grabiner Judith V. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 515 |
| Collana | Spectrum series |
| Soggetto topico |
Calculus - History
Functional analysis Mathematics - History |
| ISBN | 1-61444-506-0 |
| Classificazione | 31.01 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The calculus as algebra -- The mathematician, the historian, and the history of mathematics -- Who gave you the epsilon? Cauchy and the origins of rigorous calculus -- The changing concept of change: the derivative from Fermat to Weierstrass -- The centrality of mathematics in the history of western thought -- Descartes and problem-solving -- The calculus as algebra, the calculus as geometry: Lagrange, Maclaurin, and their legacy -- Was Newton's calculus a dead end? the continental influence of Maclaurin's treatise of fluxions -- Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics -- Why should historical truth matter to mathematicians? dispelling myths while promoting maths -- Why did Lagrange "prove" the parallel postulate? |
| Altri titoli varianti | Calculus as algebra and selected writings |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816808903321 |
|
Grabiner Judith V.
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| Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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