The architecture of modern mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : essays in history and philosophy / / edited by J. Ferreirós and J.J. Gray |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 442 p |
Disciplina | 510.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Ferreirós DomínguezJosé
GrayJeremy <1947-> |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - History - Philosophy
Mathematics - History - 18th century Mathematics - History - 19th century Mathematics - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-19-151379-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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The architecture of modern mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : essays in history and philosophy / / edited by J. Ferreirós and J.J. Gray |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 442 p |
Disciplina | 510.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Ferreirós DomínguezJosé
GrayJeremy <1947-> |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - History - Philosophy
Mathematics - History - 18th century Mathematics - History - 19th century Mathematics - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-383-02978-4
0-19-151379-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793054003321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
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The architecture of modern mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : essays in history and philosophy / / edited by J. Ferreirós and J.J. Gray |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 442 p |
Disciplina | 510.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Ferreirós DomínguezJosé
GrayJeremy <1947-> |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - History - Philosophy
Mathematics - History - 18th century Mathematics - History - 19th century Mathematics - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-383-02978-4
0-19-151379-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827040303321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
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How Euler did even more / / by C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University |
Autore | Sandifer C. Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : Mathematical Association of America, Inc., , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
Disciplina | 510.92 |
Collana | Spectrum series |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - Switzerland
Mathematics - History - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61444-519-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Series Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Geometry""; ""1 The Euler Line (January 2009)""; ""2 A Forgotten Fermat Problem (December 2008)""; ""3 A Product of Secants (May 2008)""; ""4 Curves and Paradox (October 2008)""; ""5 Did Euler Prove Cramer's Rule? (November 2009 A Guest Column by Rob Bradley)""; ""Part II: Number Theory""; ""6 Factoring F5 (March 2007)""; ""7 Rational Trigonometry (March 2008)""; ""8 Sums (and Differences) that are Squares (March 2009)""; ""Part III: Combinatorics""
""9 St. Petersburg Paradox (July 2007)""""10 Life and Death Part 1 (July 2008)""; ""11 Life and Death Part 2 (August 2008)""; ""Part IV: Analysis""; ""12 e, π and i: Why is Euler in the Euler Identity (August 2007)""; ""13 Multi-zeta Functions (January 2008)""; ""14 Sums of Powers (June 2009)""; ""15 A Theorem of Newton (April 2008)""; ""16 Estimating (February 2009)""; ""17 Nearly a Cosine Series (May 2009)""; ""18 A Series of Trigonometric Powers (June 2008)""; ""19 Gamma the Function (September 2007)""; ""20 Gamma the Constant (October 2007)"" ""21 Partial Fractions (June 2007)""""22 Inexplicable Functions (November 2007)""; ""23 A False Logarithm Series (December 2007)""; ""24 Introduction to Complex Variables (May 2007)""; ""25 The Moon and the Differential (October 2009 A Guest Column by Rob Bradley)""; ""Part V: Applied Mathematics""; ""26 Density of Air (July 2009)""; ""27 Bending Light (August 2009)""; ""28 Saws and Modeling (November 2008)""; ""29 PDEs of Fluids (September 2008)""; ""30 Euler and Gravity (December 2009 A Guest Column by Dominic Klyve)""; ""Part VI: Euleriana"" ""31 Euler and the Hollow Earth: Fact or Fiction? (April 2007)""""32 Fallible Euler (February 2008)""; ""33 Euler and the Pirates (April 2009)""; ""34 Euler as a Teacher � Part 1 (January 2010)""; ""35 Euler as a Teacher � Part 2 (February 2010)""; ""About the Author"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460654703321 |
Sandifer C. Edward
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Mathematical Association of America, Inc., , [2015] | ||
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The legacy of Leonhard Euler [[electronic resource] ] : a tricentennial tribute / / Lokenath Debnath |
Autore | Debnath Lokenath |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 392 p. ) : ill., ports. (some col.) |
Disciplina | 510.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - History - 18th century
Mathematicians - Switzerland |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-76012-2
9786612760129 1-84816-526-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Mathematics before Leonhard Euler. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Pythagoras, the Pythagorean school and euclid. 1.3. The major impact of the European renaissance on mathematics and science. 1.4. The discovery of calculus by Newton and Leibniz -- 2. Brief biographical sketch and career of Leonhard Euler. 2.1. Euler's early life. 2.2. Euler's professional career -- 3. Euler's contributions to number theory and algebra. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Euler's Phi function and cryptography. 3.3. Euler's other work on number theory. 3.4. Euler and partitions of numbers. 3.5. Euler's contributions to continued fractions. 3.6. Euler's contributions to classical algebra -- 4. Euler's contributions to geometry and spherical trigonometry. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Euler's work in plane geometry. 4.3. Incircle, incenter and Heron's formula for an area of a triangle. 4.4. Centroid, orthocenter and circumcenter. 4.5. The Euler line and the Euler nine-point circle. 4.6. Euler's work on analytic geometry. 4.7. Euler's work on differential geometry. 4.8. Spherical trigonometry -- 5. Euler's formula for polyhedra, topology and graph theory. 5.1. Euler's formula for polyhedra. 5.2. Graphs and networks -- 6. Euler's contributions to calculus and analysis. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Euler's work on calculus. 6.3. Euler and elliptic integrals -- 7. Euler's contributions to the infinite series and the zeta function. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Euler and the infinite series. 7.3. Euler's zeta function. 7.4. Euler and the Fourier series. 7.5. Generalized Zeta function. 7.6. Applications of the Zeta function to mathematical physics and algebraic geometry -- 8. Euler's beta and gamma functions and infinite products. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Euler's beta and gamma functions. 8.3. Applications of the Euler gamma functions. 8.4. Euler's contributions to infinite products -- 9. Euler and differential equations. 9.1. Historical introduction. 9.2. Euler's contributions to ordinary differential equations. 9.3. Euler's work on partial differential equations. 9.4. Euler and the calculus of variations -- 10. The Euler equations of motion in fluid mechanics. 10.1. Introduction. 10.2. Eulerian descriptions of fluid flows -- 11. Euler's contributions to mechanics and elasticity. 11.1. Introduction. 11.2. Euler's work on solid mechanics. 11.3. Euler's research on elastic curves. 11.4. Impact of Euler's work on modern aerodynamics -- 12. Euler's work on the probability theory. 12.1. Introduction. 12.2. Euler's work on probability. 12.3. Euler's beta and gamma density distributions -- 13. Euler's contributions to ballistics. 13.1. Introduction. 13.2. Euler's research on ballistics -- 14. Euler and his work on astronomy and physics. 14.1. Introduction. 14.2. Euler's contributions to astronomy. 14.3. Euler's work on physics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455592103321 |
Debnath Lokenath
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London, : Imperial College Press, c2010 | ||
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The legacy of Leonhard Euler [[electronic resource] ] : a tricentennial tribute / / Lokenath Debnath |
Autore | Debnath Lokenath |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 392 p. ) : ill., ports. (some col.) |
Disciplina | 510.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - History - 18th century
Mathematicians - Switzerland |
ISBN |
1-282-76012-2
9786612760129 1-84816-526-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Mathematics before Leonhard Euler. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Pythagoras, the Pythagorean school and euclid. 1.3. The major impact of the European renaissance on mathematics and science. 1.4. The discovery of calculus by Newton and Leibniz -- 2. Brief biographical sketch and career of Leonhard Euler. 2.1. Euler's early life. 2.2. Euler's professional career -- 3. Euler's contributions to number theory and algebra. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Euler's Phi function and cryptography. 3.3. Euler's other work on number theory. 3.4. Euler and partitions of numbers. 3.5. Euler's contributions to continued fractions. 3.6. Euler's contributions to classical algebra -- 4. Euler's contributions to geometry and spherical trigonometry. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Euler's work in plane geometry. 4.3. Incircle, incenter and Heron's formula for an area of a triangle. 4.4. Centroid, orthocenter and circumcenter. 4.5. The Euler line and the Euler nine-point circle. 4.6. Euler's work on analytic geometry. 4.7. Euler's work on differential geometry. 4.8. Spherical trigonometry -- 5. Euler's formula for polyhedra, topology and graph theory. 5.1. Euler's formula for polyhedra. 5.2. Graphs and networks -- 6. Euler's contributions to calculus and analysis. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Euler's work on calculus. 6.3. Euler and elliptic integrals -- 7. Euler's contributions to the infinite series and the zeta function. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Euler and the infinite series. 7.3. Euler's zeta function. 7.4. Euler and the Fourier series. 7.5. Generalized Zeta function. 7.6. Applications of the Zeta function to mathematical physics and algebraic geometry -- 8. Euler's beta and gamma functions and infinite products. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Euler's beta and gamma functions. 8.3. Applications of the Euler gamma functions. 8.4. Euler's contributions to infinite products -- 9. Euler and differential equations. 9.1. Historical introduction. 9.2. Euler's contributions to ordinary differential equations. 9.3. Euler's work on partial differential equations. 9.4. Euler and the calculus of variations -- 10. The Euler equations of motion in fluid mechanics. 10.1. Introduction. 10.2. Eulerian descriptions of fluid flows -- 11. Euler's contributions to mechanics and elasticity. 11.1. Introduction. 11.2. Euler's work on solid mechanics. 11.3. Euler's research on elastic curves. 11.4. Impact of Euler's work on modern aerodynamics -- 12. Euler's work on the probability theory. 12.1. Introduction. 12.2. Euler's work on probability. 12.3. Euler's beta and gamma density distributions -- 13. Euler's contributions to ballistics. 13.1. Introduction. 13.2. Euler's research on ballistics -- 14. Euler and his work on astronomy and physics. 14.1. Introduction. 14.2. Euler's contributions to astronomy. 14.3. Euler's work on physics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780730003321 |
Debnath Lokenath
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London, : Imperial College Press, c2010 | ||
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The legacy of Leonhard Euler [[electronic resource] ] : a tricentennial tribute / / Lokenath Debnath |
Autore | Debnath Lokenath |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 392 p. ) : ill., ports. (some col.) |
Disciplina | 510.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - History - 18th century
Mathematicians - Switzerland |
ISBN |
1-282-76012-2
9786612760129 1-84816-526-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Mathematics before Leonhard Euler. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Pythagoras, the Pythagorean school and euclid. 1.3. The major impact of the European renaissance on mathematics and science. 1.4. The discovery of calculus by Newton and Leibniz -- 2. Brief biographical sketch and career of Leonhard Euler. 2.1. Euler's early life. 2.2. Euler's professional career -- 3. Euler's contributions to number theory and algebra. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Euler's Phi function and cryptography. 3.3. Euler's other work on number theory. 3.4. Euler and partitions of numbers. 3.5. Euler's contributions to continued fractions. 3.6. Euler's contributions to classical algebra -- 4. Euler's contributions to geometry and spherical trigonometry. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Euler's work in plane geometry. 4.3. Incircle, incenter and Heron's formula for an area of a triangle. 4.4. Centroid, orthocenter and circumcenter. 4.5. The Euler line and the Euler nine-point circle. 4.6. Euler's work on analytic geometry. 4.7. Euler's work on differential geometry. 4.8. Spherical trigonometry -- 5. Euler's formula for polyhedra, topology and graph theory. 5.1. Euler's formula for polyhedra. 5.2. Graphs and networks -- 6. Euler's contributions to calculus and analysis. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Euler's work on calculus. 6.3. Euler and elliptic integrals -- 7. Euler's contributions to the infinite series and the zeta function. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Euler and the infinite series. 7.3. Euler's zeta function. 7.4. Euler and the Fourier series. 7.5. Generalized Zeta function. 7.6. Applications of the Zeta function to mathematical physics and algebraic geometry -- 8. Euler's beta and gamma functions and infinite products. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Euler's beta and gamma functions. 8.3. Applications of the Euler gamma functions. 8.4. Euler's contributions to infinite products -- 9. Euler and differential equations. 9.1. Historical introduction. 9.2. Euler's contributions to ordinary differential equations. 9.3. Euler's work on partial differential equations. 9.4. Euler and the calculus of variations -- 10. The Euler equations of motion in fluid mechanics. 10.1. Introduction. 10.2. Eulerian descriptions of fluid flows -- 11. Euler's contributions to mechanics and elasticity. 11.1. Introduction. 11.2. Euler's work on solid mechanics. 11.3. Euler's research on elastic curves. 11.4. Impact of Euler's work on modern aerodynamics -- 12. Euler's work on the probability theory. 12.1. Introduction. 12.2. Euler's work on probability. 12.3. Euler's beta and gamma density distributions -- 13. Euler's contributions to ballistics. 13.1. Introduction. 13.2. Euler's research on ballistics -- 14. Euler and his work on astronomy and physics. 14.1. Introduction. 14.2. Euler's contributions to astronomy. 14.3. Euler's work on physics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810617703321 |
Debnath Lokenath
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London, : Imperial College Press, c2010 | ||
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