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A historian looks back the calculus as algebra and selected writings

Judith V. Grabiner

Localização: IME - Inst. Matemática e Estatística (QA24 G728h )(Acessar)

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A historian looks back the calculus as algebra and selected writings
Autor: Judith V. Grabiner
Assuntos: Calculus -- History; Functional analysis; Mathematics -- History; MATEMÁTICA; HISTÓRIA MODERNA
Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
Descrição: 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?
Títulos relacionados: Série:MAA spectrum
Editor: Washington, DC Mathematical Association of America
Data de criação/publicação: c2010
Formato: xv, 287 p ill 26 cm.
Idioma: Inglês

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