Lectures in the history of mathematics /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | English |
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Providence, R.I. : [London] :
American Mathematical Society ; London Mathematical Society,
c1993.
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| Series: | History of mathematics ;
v. 7 |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Recognition and wonder: Huygens, tractional motion, and some thoughts on the history of mathematics
- 2. The concept of construction and the representation of curves in seventeenth-century mathematics
- 3. The structure of Descartes's Géométrie
- 4. Christiaan Huygens
- 5. The fundamental concepts of the Leibnizian calculus
- 6. The lemniscate of Bernoulli
- 7. Calculus in the eighteenth century: the rôle of applications
- 8. The closure theorem of Poncelet
- 9. Elements of mathematics: they are no longer what they used to be
- 10. "Queen and servant": the role of mathematics in the development of the sciences
- 11. Mathematics and its social context: a dialogue in the staff room, with historical episodes.