Bernhard Riemann 1826-1866 (eBook)

Turning Points in the Conception of Mathematics

Detlef Laugwitz (Autor)

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2009 | 1., st ed. 1999. 2nd printing 2009
XVII, 357 Seiten
Birkhauser Boston (Verlag)
978-0-8176-4777-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This remarkable work, rich in insight and scholarship, seeks to draw readers closer to the underlying ideas of Riemann’s work and to the development of them in their historical context.

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The name of Bernard Riemann is well known to mathematicians and physicists around the world. His name is indelibly stamped on the literature of mathematics and physics. This remarkable work, rich in insight and scholarship, is addressed to mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers interested in mathematics. It seeks to draw those readers closer to the underlying ideas of Riemann's work and to the development of them in their historical context. This illuminating English-language version of the original German edition will be an important contribution to the literature of the history of mathematics.

Inhalt

Preface.- Note to the Reader.- List of Illustrations.- Translator's Remarks.- Introduction.- Complex Analysis.- Real Analysis.- Geometry; Physics; Philosophy.- Turning Points in the Conception of Mathematics.- Bibliography.- Name Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2009
• Übersetzer: Abe Shenitzer
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Schlagworte: Calculation • Calculus • Complex Analysis • Finite • Function • Geometry • History of Mathematics • Interpret • mathematical philosophy • Mathematics • Philosophy • Proof • Real analysis
• ISBN-10: 0-8176-4777-5 / 0817647775
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8176-4777-3 / 9780817647773