1830–1930: A Century of Geometry -

1830–1930: A Century of Geometry

Epistemology, History and Mathematics
Buch | Softcover
VIII, 304 Seiten
2014 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-13890-8 (ISBN)
106,99 inkl. MwSt
This collection sheds light on the most important and revolutionary developments in mathematics and physics with far-reaching consequences for the philosophy of science: the geometry of the 19th and 20th centuries based on analysis and group theory.
In the first half of the 19th century geometry changed
radically, and withina century it helped to revolutionize
both mathematics and physics. It also put the epistemology
and the philosophy of science on a new footing. In this
volume a sound overview of this development is given by
leading mathematicians, physicists, philosophers, and
historians of science. This interdisciplinary approach gives
this collection a unique character. It can be used byscientists and students, but it also addresses a general
readership.

The birth of non-Euclidean geometry.- Riemann's vision of a new approach to geometry.- Poincaré and Klein - groups and geometries.- Klein, Lie, and the "Erlanger programm".- Apparent contours from Monge to Todd.- L'Espace : Concept abstrait et/ou physique ; la géométrie entre formalisation mathématique et etude de la nature.- Geometrie und Erfahrung.- The geometric challenge of Riemann and Clifford.- Poincaré et Enriques : deux points de vue différents sur les relations entre géométrie, mécanique et physique.- Physical geometry and special relativity. Einstein et Poincaré.- Transport parallèle et connexions en Géométrie et en Physique.- De la Géométrie Formelle à l'Algèbre Abstraite.- Le Principe de Dualité : sa Signification Historique et Epistémologique.- The formal and the transcendental in mathematics.- Un Panorama des Mathématiques.- Mathematical progress as synthesis of intuition and calculus.- What is space?.- La "lineale ausdehnungslehre" (1844) de Hermann Günther Grassmann.- La capture de l'extension comme dialectique géométrique : Dimension et puissance selon l'ausdehnung de Grassmann (1844).- Helmholtz and Poincaré's considerations on the genesis of geometry.- Le continu contre l'espace.- Geometrical concepts in quantum physics.- Physics and differential geometry.- Actuality of transcendental æsthetics for modern physics.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.8.2014
Reihe/Serie Lecture Notes in Physics
Zusatzinfo VIII, 304 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 244 mm
Gewicht 547 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Analysis
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geometrie / Topologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Allgemeines / Lexika
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte Analysis • Calculus • Differential Geometry • Epistemology • Erkenntnistheorie • Geometrie • Geometry • History of Mathematics • History of Science • Mathematik/Geschichte • Physics • Physik • Quantum Physics • Relativity • Special relativity • Theory of relativity • Wissenschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10 3-662-13890-5 / 3662138905
ISBN-13 978-3-662-13890-8 / 9783662138908
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