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Conflicts Between Generalization, Rigor, and Intuition: Number Concepts Underlying the Development of Analysis in 17th-19th Century France and Germany - Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 2005 edition
Gert Schubring
Conflicts Between Generalization, Rigor, and Intuition: Number Concepts Underlying the Development of Analysis in 17th-19th Century France and Germany - Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 2005 edition
Gert Schubring
Deals with the development of the terms of analysis in the 18th and 19th centuries, the two main concepts being negative numbers and infinitesimals. Looking at German and French textbooks, this work reveals the history and throws light on major figures, such as Cauchy.
678 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 14, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780387228365 |
Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
Pages | 678 |
Dimensions | 167 × 241 × 40 mm · 1.14 kg |
Language | English |
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