Numbers / H.D.Ebbinghaus ... [and others] ; with an introduction by K. Lamotke ; translated by H.L.S. Orde ; edited by J.H. Ewing.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ebbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter, 1939-

Ewing, John H.

Series:

Graduate texts in mathematics. Readings in mathematics ; 123.

Graduate texts in mathematics. Readings in mathematics ; 123

Standardized Title:

Zahlen, Grundwissen Mathematik 1. English.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Number theory.

Physical Description:

xviii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer-Verlag, 1991.

Summary:

This is a book about numbers - all kinds of numbers, from integers to "p"-adics, from rationals to octonions, from reals to infinitesimals. Who first used the standard notation for Why was Hamilton obsessed with quaternions? What was the prospect for "quaternionic analysis" in the 19th century? This is the story about one of the major threads of mathematics over thousands of years. It is a story that will give the reader both a glimpse of the mystery surrounding imaginary numbers in the 17th century and also a view of some major developments in the 20th.

Notes:

Translation of the second edition of Zahlen, Grundwissen Mathematik 1, Springer-Verlag, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

0387974970

OCLC:

153691925