The History of Mathematics: An Introduction (reprint ISBN) - David Burton

The History of Mathematics: An Introduction (reprint ISBN)

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Buch | Hardcover
2003 | 5th edition
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-288523-1 (ISBN)
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Designed for the junior/senior mathematics major, this book concentrates on the history of the topics covered in an undergraduate curriculum or in elementary schools or high schools. At least one year of calculus is a prerequisite for this course. It contains material for a 2 semester course, but can be used in the common 1 semester course.
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.

1 Early Number Systems and Symbols2 Mathematics in Early Civilizations3 The Beginnings of Greek Mathematics4 The Alexandrian School: Euclid5 The Twilight of Greek Mathematics: Diophantus6 The First Awakening: Fibonacci7 The Renaissance of Mathematics: Cardan and Tartaglia8 The Mechanical World: Descartes and Newton9 The Development of Probability Theory: Pascal, Bernoulli, and Laplace10 The Revival of Number Theory: Fermat, Euler, and Gauss11 Nineteenth-Century Contributions: Bolyai and Lobachevsky12 Transition to the Twenthieth Century: Canto and Kronecker13 Extensions and Generalizations: Hardy, Hausdorff, and Noether

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.1.2003
Sprache englisch
Maße 206 x 244 mm
Gewicht 1395 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10 0-07-288523-8 / 0072885238
ISBN-13 978-0-07-288523-1 / 9780072885231
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