The Concepts of the Calculus : A Critical and Historical Discussion of the Derivative and the Integral / Carl B. Boyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyer, Carl B., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1939]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Provides a critical account of the creation of the fundamental ideas of calculus from their inception to the formulation of these in the concepts familiar to students of the elements of mathematical analysis.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Introduction

II. Conceptions in Antiquity

III. Medieval Contributions

IV. A Century of Anticipation

V. Newton and Leibniz

VI. The Period of Indecision

VII. The Rigorous Formulation

VIII. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89272-1

OCLC:

1100453130