Journey through mathematics : creative episodes in its history

This book offers an accessible and in-depth look at some of the most  important episodes of two thousand years of mathematical history. Beginning with trigonometry and moving on through logarithms, complex numbers, infinite series, and calculus, this book profiles some of the lesser known but crucia...

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Glavni autor: González Velasco, Enrique A.
Format: Livre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: New York, NY : Springer New York [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
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Edition sous un autre format:• Journey through mathematics, creative episodes in its history, Enrique A. González-Velasco, New York, NY, Springer, 2011, 1 vol. (xi-466 p.), 978-0-387-92153-2
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