A historian looks back : the calculus as algebra and selected writings / / by Judith V. Grabiner.
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Superior document: | Spectrum series |
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | MAA spectrum.
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Physical Description: | xv, 287 p. :; ill. |
Notes: | "Part I was formerly published as The calculus as algebra: J.-L. Lagrange, 1736-1813 by Garland Publishing, New York, 1990"--P. facing t.p. |
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Other title: | Calculus as algebra and selected writings The calculus as algebra -- The mathematician, the historian, and the history of mathematics -- Who gave you the epsilon? Cauchy and the origins of rigorous calculus -- The changing concept of change: the derivative from Fermat to Weierstrass -- The centrality of mathematics in the history of western thought -- Descartes and problem-solving -- The calculus as algebra, the calculus as geometry: Lagrange, Maclaurin, and their legacy -- Was Newton's calculus a dead end? the continental influence of Maclaurin's treatise of fluxions -- Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics -- Why should historical truth matter to mathematicians? dispelling myths while promoting maths -- Why did Lagrange "prove" the parallel postulate?. Calculus as algebra. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0883855720 9780883855720 9781614445067 (electronic bk.) |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Judith V. Grabiner. |