The history of mathematics: An introduction/ by David M. Burton
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TextPublication details: -New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education c2003,Description: x,742p.: ill.; 24.3 cmISBN: - 0-07-288523-8
- -Fifth edition BCir.510.9 B953h
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| Bansalan Circulation1 | UM Bansalan College LIC | BCir.510.9 B953h 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Pending hold | 4890 |
includes index
chapter 1-- Early number system and symbols -- 2. Mathematics in early civilizations -- 3. The beginning of Geek mathematics -- 4. The Alexandrian school: Euclid -- 5. The twilight of Greek mathematics 6. The first awakening: Fibonacci -- 7. The renaissance of mathematics Cardan and Tartaglia - 8. The Mechanical world: Descartes and newton -- 9. The development of probability theory: Pascal, Bernoulli and Laplace--10. The rival of number theory: Fermat , Euler and Gauss -- 11. Nineteenth century contributions: Bolyai and Labachevsky -- 12. Transition to the twentieth century : Cantor and Kronecker -- 13. Extensions and generalizations: Hardy, Hausdorff, and Noether.
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