Mathematics emerging : a sourcebook 1540-1900 / Jacqueline Stedall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stedall, Jacqueline A., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--History.

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (676 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the development of mathematics from the late 16th century to the end of the 19th century. Each chapter will focus on a particular topic and outline its history with the provision of facsimiles of primary source material along with explanatory notes and modern interpretations.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 BEGINNINGS; 2 FRESH IDEAS; 3 FORESHADOWINGS OF CALCULUS; 4 THE CALCULUS OF NEWTON AND OF LEIBNIZ; 5 THE MATHEMATICS OF NATURE: NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA; 6 EARLY NUMBER THEORY; 7 EARLY PROBABILITY; 8 POWER SERIES; 9 FUNCTIONS; 10 MAKING CALCULUS WORK; 11 LIMITS AND CONTINUITY; 12 SOLVING EQUATIONS; 13 GROUPS, FIELDS, IDEALS, AND RINGS; 14 DERIVATIVES AND INTEGRALS; 15 COMPLEX ANALYSIS; 16 CONVERGENCE AND COMPLETENESS; 17 LINEAR ALGEBRA; 18 FOUNDATIONS; People, institutions, and journals; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03606-3

1-281-93072-5

9786611930721

0-19-152771-8

OCLC:

302000765