John Stillwell: Mathematics and Its History

Cover: 9781461426325 | Mathematics and Its History | John Stillwell | Taschenbuch | xxii

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Beschreibung

This book offers a collection of historical essays detailing a large variety of mathematical disciplines and issues; it's accessible to a broad audience. This third edition includes new chapters on simple groups and new sections on alternating groups and the Poincare conjecture. Many more exercises have been added as well as commentary that helps place the exercises in context.

Über den Autor

John Stillwell is Professor Emeritus at the University of San Francisco and formerly Associate Professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is an accomplished author, whose Springer books include: The Four Pillars of Geometry, Elements of Algebra, Naive Lie Theory, and many more.

Zusammenfassung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Third Edition.- Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the First Edition.- The Theorem of Pythagoras.- Greek Geometry.- Greek Number Theory.- Infinity in Greek Mathematics.- Number Theory in Asia.- Polynomial Equations.- Analytic Geometry.- Projective Geometry.- Calculus.- Infinite Series.- The Number Theory Revival.- Elliptic Functions.- Mechanics.- Complex Numbers in Algebra.- Complex Numbers and Curves.- Complex Numbers and Functions.- Differential Geometry.- Non-Euclidean Geometry.- Group Theory.- Hypercomplex Numbers.- Algebraic Number Theory.- Topology.- Simple Groups.- Sets, Logic, and Computation.- Combinatorics.- Bibliography.- Index.-

Details

Genre:	Importe
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xxii 660 S.
ISBN-13:	9781461426325
ISBN-10:	1461426324
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Stillwell, John
Auflage:	Third Edition 2010
Hersteller:	Humana Springer Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 37 mm
Von/Mit:	John Stillwell
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.10.2012
Gewicht:	1,019 kg