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The History of Mathematics - David M. Burton

The History of Mathematics

An Introduction

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Buch | Softcover
788 Seiten
2007 | 6th New edition
McGraw Hill Higher Education (Verlag)
978-0-07-110635-1 (ISBN)
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Designed for the junior/senior mathematics major who intends to teach mathematics in high school or college, this book concentrates on the history of the topics covered in an undergraduate curriculum or in elementary schools or high schools. The prerequisite for this course is at least one year of calculus.
This text is designed for the junior/senior mathematics major who intends to teach mathematics in high school or college. It concentrates on the history of those topics typically covered in an undergraduate curriculum or in elementary schools or high schools. At least one year of calculus is a prerequisite for this course. This book contains enough material for a 2 semester course but it is flexible enough to be used in the more common 1 semester course.

Preface 1 Early Number Systems and Symbols 2 Mathematics in Early Civilizations 3 The Beginnings of Greek Mathematics 4 The Alexandrian School: Euclid 5 The Twilight of Greek Mathematics: Diophantus 6 The First Awakening: Fibonacci 7 The Renaissance of Mathematics: Cardan and Tartaglia 8 The Mechanical World: Descartes and Newton 8.1 The Dawn of Modern Mathematics 9 The Development of Probability Theory: Pascal, Bernoulli, and Laplace 10 The Revival of Number Theory: Fermat, Euler, and Gauss 11 Nineteenth-Century Contributions: Bolyai and Lobachevsky 12 Transition to the Twenthieth Century: Canto and Kronecker 13 Extensions and Generalizations: Hardy, Hausdorff, and Noether General Bibliography Additional Reading The Greek Alphabet Solutions to Selected Problems Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.6.2007
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 190 x 218 mm
Gewicht 1222 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
ISBN-10 0-07-110635-9 / 0071106359
ISBN-13 978-0-07-110635-1 / 9780071106351
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