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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... original line of thought [which] is what makes his work hard to understand' (1961: 248). The conic sections and most of the other curves known to the Greeks were used by them to tackle significant problems, notably those known today ...
... original line of thought [which] is what makes his work hard to understand' (1961: 248). The conic sections and most of the other curves known to the Greeks were used by them to tackle significant problems, notably those known today ...
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... original point is reached again. If m and h are relatively prime, the mth step is the first that leads to the starting-point; otherwise, there will have been Figure 5 An illustration of the definition of regular polygons, showing all ...
... original point is reached again. If m and h are relatively prime, the mth step is the first that leads to the starting-point; otherwise, there will have been Figure 5 An illustration of the definition of regular polygons, showing all ...
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... original publication - an appendix to his father's treatise on geometry. Moreover, by the strictest canons, the work of Bolyai and Lobachevsky was flawed, for no proof of the consistency of their original assumption about parallel lines ...
... original publication - an appendix to his father's treatise on geometry. Moreover, by the strictest canons, the work of Bolyai and Lobachevsky was flawed, for no proof of the consistency of their original assumption about parallel lines ...
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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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