Mathematics, a concise history and philosophy / W. S. Anglin.
Series Undergraduate texts in mathematicsReadings in mathematicsEditor: New York : Springer-Verlag, c1994Descripción: xi, 261 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 0387942807; 3540942807Otra clasificación: 01A05 (00A30)Preface vii Mathematics for Civil Servants [1] The Earliest Number Theory [7] The Dawn of Deductive Mathematics [13] The Pythagoreans [17] The Pythagoreans and Perfection [23] The Pythagoreans and Polyhedra [29] The Pythagoreans and Irrationality [35] The Need for the Infinite [43] Mathematics in Athens Before Plato [49] Plato [57] Aristotle [61] In the Time of Eudoxus [69] 13 Ruler and Compass Constructions [75] 14 The Oldest Surviving Math Book [81] 15 Euclid’s Geometry Continued [87] 16 Alexandria and Archimedes [95] 17 The End of Greek Mathematics [105] 18 Early Medieval Number Theory [113] 19 Algebra in the Early Middle Ages [119] 20 Geometry in the Early Middle Ages [123] 21 Khayyam and the Cubic [127] 22 The Later Middle Ages [131] 23 Modern Mathematical Notation [137] 24 The Secret of the Cubic [141] 25 The Secret Revealed [147] 26 A New Calculating Device [153] 27 Mathematics and Astronomy [157] 28 The Seventeenth Century [161] 29 Pascal [167] 30 The Seventeenth Century II [175] 31 Leibniz [181] 32 The Eighteenth Century [185] 33 Lagrange [191] 34 Nineteenth-Century Algebra [195] 35 Nineteenth-Century Analysis [199] 36 Nineteenth-Century Geometry [203] 37 Nineteenth-Century Number Theory [209] 38 Cantor [213] 39 Foundations [217] 40 Twentieth-Century Number Theory [221] References [227] Appendix A Sample Assignments and Tests [229] Appendix B Answers to Selected Exercises [245] Index [257]
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-228) and index.
Preface vii --
Mathematics for Civil Servants [1] --
The Earliest Number Theory [7] --
The Dawn of Deductive Mathematics [13] --
The Pythagoreans [17] --
The Pythagoreans and Perfection [23] --
The Pythagoreans and Polyhedra [29] --
The Pythagoreans and Irrationality [35] --
The Need for the Infinite [43] --
Mathematics in Athens Before Plato [49] --
Plato [57] --
Aristotle [61] --
In the Time of Eudoxus [69] --
13 Ruler and Compass Constructions [75] --
14 The Oldest Surviving Math Book [81] --
15 Euclid’s Geometry Continued [87] --
16 Alexandria and Archimedes [95] --
17 The End of Greek Mathematics [105] --
18 Early Medieval Number Theory [113] --
19 Algebra in the Early Middle Ages [119] --
20 Geometry in the Early Middle Ages [123] --
21 Khayyam and the Cubic [127] --
22 The Later Middle Ages [131] --
23 Modern Mathematical Notation [137] --
24 The Secret of the Cubic [141] --
25 The Secret Revealed [147] --
26 A New Calculating Device [153] --
27 Mathematics and Astronomy [157] --
28 The Seventeenth Century [161] --
29 Pascal [167] --
30 The Seventeenth Century II [175] --
31 Leibniz [181] --
32 The Eighteenth Century [185] --
33 Lagrange [191] --
34 Nineteenth-Century Algebra [195] --
35 Nineteenth-Century Analysis [199] --
36 Nineteenth-Century Geometry [203] --
37 Nineteenth-Century Number Theory [209] --
38 Cantor [213] --
39 Foundations [217] --
40 Twentieth-Century Number Theory [221] --
References [227] --
Appendix A Sample Assignments and Tests [229] --
Appendix B Answers to Selected Exercises [245] --
Index [257] --
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