History of Mathematics
History of Mathematics

Author: David E. Smith

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1958-06-01

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13: 9780486204307

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Within this two-volume edition, Professor Smith covers the entire history of mathematics in the Near and Far East and the West, from primitive number concepts to the calculus. His account is distinguished by impeccable scholarship combined with unusual clarity and readability. Footnotes add many technical points outside the book's actual line of development and direct the reader to disputed matters and source readings. Hundreds of illustrations from Egyptian papyri, Hindu, Chinese, and Japanese manuscripts, Greek and Roman texts, Medieval treatises, maps, portraits, etc. are used along with modern graphs and diagrams. Every major figure from Euclid to Descartes, Gauss, and Riemann and hundreds of lesser-known figures — Theon of Smyrna, Rabbi ben Ezra, Radulph of Laon, Mersenns, Benedetti, and more — are considered both with respect to specific problems and with an awareness of their overall influence on mathematics. Volume II: Special Topics, considering mathematics in terms of arithmetic geometry, algebra, trig, calculus, calculating machines, and other specific fields and problems. 192 Topics for Discussion. 195 illustrations. Index.

A Source Book in Mathematics
A Source Book in Mathematics

Author: David Eugene Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04

Total Pages: 738

ISBN-13: 9789354009792

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Elementary Concepts of Topology
Elementary Concepts of Topology

Author: Paul Alexandroff

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-13

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0486155064

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Concise work presents topological concepts in clear, elementary fashion, from basics of set-theoretic topology, through topological theorems and questions based on concept of the algebraic complex, to the concept of Betti groups. Includes 25 figures.

History in Mathematics Education
History in Mathematics Education

Author: John Fauvel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-04-11

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 0306472201

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This ground-breaking book investigates how the learning and teaching of mathematics can be improved through integrating the history of mathematics into all aspects of mathematics education: lessons, homework, texts, lectures, projects, assessment, and curricula. It draws upon evidence from the experience of teachers as well as national curricula, textbooks, teacher education practices, and research perspectives across the world. It includes a 300-item annotated bibliography of recent work in the field in eight languages.

e: The Story of a Number
e: The Story of a Number

Author: Eli Maor

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2011-10-12

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1400832349

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The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest mathematical background, this biography brings out the central importance of e to mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science.