Excursions in the history of mathematics
This book comprises five parts. The first three contain ten historical essays on important topics: number theory, calculus/analysis, and proof, respectively. Part four deals with several historically oriented courses, and Part five provides biographies of five mathematicians who played major roles...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Boston, MA :
Birkhäuser Boston
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Edició: | 1st ed. 2012. |
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| Accés en línia: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Excursions in the history of mathematics, Israel Kleiner, [Basel], Birkhäuser, Springer, 2012, 1 vol. (xxi, 347 p.), 978-0-8176-8267-5 |
Taula de continguts:
- A. Number Theory 1. Highlights in the History of Number Theory: 1700 BC - 2008 2. Fermat: The Founder of Modern Number Theory 3. Fermat's Last Theorem: From Fermat to Wiles B. Calculus/Analysis 4. A History of the Infinitely Small and the Infinitely Large in Calculus, with Remarks for the Teacher 5. A Brief History of the Function Concept 6. More on the History of Functions, Including Remarks on Teaching C. Proof 7. Highlights in the Practice of Proof: 1600 BC - 2009 8. Paradoxes: What are they Good for? 9. Principle of Continuity: 16th - 19th centuries 10. Proof: A Many-Splendored Thing D. Courses Inspired by History 11. Numbers as a Source of Mathematical Ideas 12. History of Complex Numbers, with a Moral for Teachers 13. A History-of-Mathematics Course for Teachers, Based on Great Quotations 14. Famous Problems in Mathematics E. Brief Biographies of Selected Mathematicians 15. The Biographies Index