An Episodic History of Mathematics
Mathematical Association of America (Verlag)
978-0-88385-766-3 (ISBN)
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An Episodic History of Mathematics delivers a series of snapshots of the history of mathematics from ancient times to the twentieth century. The intent is not to be an encyclopedic history of mathematics, but to give the reader a sense of mathematical culture and history. The book abounds with stories, and personalities play a strong role. The book will introduce readers to some of the genesis of mathematical ideas. Mathematical history is exciting and rewarding, and is a significant slice of the intellectual pie. A good education consists of learning different methods of discourse, and certainly mathematics is one of the most well-developed and important modes of discourse that we have. The focus in this text is on getting involved with mathematics and solving problems. Every chapter ends with a detailed problem set that will provide the student with many avenues for exploration and many new entrees into the subject.
Steven G. Krantz received his BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He has taught at UCLA, Princeton University, Penn State University, and Washington University in St Louis. He has directed 17 Ph.D. theses, authored over 50 books, and over 150 scholarly papers. He has served on several editorial boards, and is Editor-in-Chief of three journals. Krantz is the holder of the Chauvenet Prize, the Beckenbach Book Award, and the Kemper Foundation Award.
Preface; 1. The Ancient Greeks; 2. Zeno's Paradox and the concept of limit; 3. The mystical mathematics of Hypatia; 4. The Islamic world and the development of algebra; 5. Cardano, Abel, Galois, and the solving of equations; 6. Rene Descartes and the idea of coordinates; 7. The invention of differential calculus; 8. The great Isaac Newton; 9. Complex numbers and polynomials; 10. The prince of mathematics; 11. Sophie Germain and Fermat's Problem; 12. Cauchy and the foundations of analysis; 13. The prime numbers; 14. Dirichlet and how to count; 15. Riemann and the geometry of surfaces; 16. Georg Cantor and the orders of infinity; 17. The natural numbers; 18. Henri Poincaré, child phenomenon; 19. Sonya Kovalevskaya and mechanics; 20. Emmy Noether and algebra; 21. Methods of proof; 22. Alan Turing and cryptography; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.12.2010 |
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| Reihe/Serie | MAA Textbooks |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 180 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 855 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik |
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| ISBN-10 | 0-88385-766-9 / 0883857669 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-88385-766-3 / 9780883857663 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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