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The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics (Paperback, Reissue) Loot Price: R3,291
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The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics (Paperback, Reissue): Edna Ernestine Kramer

The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics (Paperback, Reissue)

Edna Ernestine Kramer

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Now available in a one-volume paperback, this book traces the development of the most important mathematical concepts, giving special attention to the lives and thoughts of such mathematical innovators as Pythagoras, Newton, Poincare, and Godel. Beginning with a Sumerian short story--ultimately linked to modern digital computers--the author clearly introduces concepts of binary operations; point-set topology; the nature of post-relativity geometries; optimization and decision processes; ergodic theorems; epsilon-delta arithmetization; integral equations; the beautiful "ideals" of Dedekind and Emmy Noether; and the importance of "purifying" mathematics. Organizing her material in a conceptual rather than a chronological manner, she integrates the traditional with the modern, enlivening her discussions with historical and biographical detail.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 1983
Authors: Edna Ernestine Kramer
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 784
Edition: Reissue
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-02372-4
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
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LSN: 0-691-02372-7
Barcode: 9780691023724

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