Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences: Volume TwoIvor Grattan-Guiness Routledge, 11 нояб. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 976 First published in 2004. This book examines the history and philosophy of the mathematical sciences in a cultural context, tracing their evolution from ancient times up to the twentieth century. Includes 176 articles contributed by authors of 18 nationalities. With a chronological table of main events in the development of mathematics. Has a fully integrated index of people, events and topics; as well as annotated bibliographies of both classic and contemporary sources and provide unique coverage of Ancient and non-Western traditions of mathematics. Presented in Two Volumes. |
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... concept arises only when there is something worthwhile and general to say. Yet it still comes as a surprise that the Greeks had no general concept, and few specific examples to study. Euclid's Elements discusses properties of the ...
... concept arises only when there is something worthwhile and general to say. Yet it still comes as a surprise that the Greeks had no general concept, and few specific examples to study. Euclid's Elements discusses properties of the ...
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... concepts; the idea of a tangent to a curve does not seem to have been defined in general, although tangents to the circle, the conic sections, and the spiral were discussed. What is lacking is the concept of one quantity varying with ...
... concepts; the idea of a tangent to a curve does not seem to have been defined in general, although tangents to the circle, the conic sections, and the spiral were discussed. What is lacking is the concept of one quantity varying with ...
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... concept of dimension was later stretched by Felix HausdorfF to allow for spaces of non-integer dimension, it was soon found that these unexpected types of curve can have any dimension. 4 COMPLEX CURVES At the same time, the concept of ...
... concept of dimension was later stretched by Felix HausdorfF to allow for spaces of non-integer dimension, it was soon found that these unexpected types of curve can have any dimension. 4 COMPLEX CURVES At the same time, the concept of ...
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... concept of regularity; apparently this should be credited to Theaetetus (see Waterhouse 1972 for a stimulating discussion of this aspect). Illustrations and accounts of the properties of these polyhedra (and of most of the polyhedra ...
... concept of regularity; apparently this should be credited to Theaetetus (see Waterhouse 1972 for a stimulating discussion of this aspect). Illustrations and accounts of the properties of these polyhedra (and of most of the polyhedra ...
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... concept of regular polyhedra was extended to higherdimensional spaces. Related concepts were studied in hyperbolic spaces, and in other settings as well. Space here does not permit these and other developments to be presented; accounts ...
... concept of regular polyhedra was extended to higherdimensional spaces. Related concepts were studied in hyperbolic spaces, and in other settings as well. Space here does not permit these and other developments to be presented; accounts ...
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Mechanics and mechanical engineering | 967 |
Physics and mathematical physics and electrical engineering | 1139 |
Probability and statistics and the social sciences | 1281 |
Higher education and institutions | 1425 |
Mathematics and culture | 1541 |
Reference and information | 1677 |
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