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Calculus and its origins / David Perkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkins, David, 1966- author.
- Series:
- MAA spectrum.
- Spectrum series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calculus--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Calculus.
- Calculus--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 170 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Calculus & Its Origins
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Mathematical Association of America, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Calculus and Its Origins is primarily a collection of results that show how calculus came to be, beginning in ancient Greece and climaxing with the discovery of calculus. Other books have traveled these paths, but they presuppose knowledge of calculus. This book requires only a basic knowledge of high school geometry and algebra. Exercises introduce further historical figures and their results, and make it possible for a professor to use this book in class.
- Contents:
- The ancients
- East of Greece
- Curves
- Indivisibles
- Quadrature
- The fundamental theorem of calculus
- Notation
- Chords
- Zero over zero
- Rigor.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61444-508-7
- OCLC:
- 793306900
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