An edition of A historian looks back
(2010)
A historian looks back
the calculus as algebra and selected writings
by Judith V. Grabiner
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Publish Date
2010
Publisher
Mathematical Association of America,
American Mathematical Society,
The Mathematical Association of America
Language
English
Pages
287
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A historian looks back: the calculus as algebra and selected writings
2010, Mathematical Association of America, American Mathematical Society, The Mathematical Association of America
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0883855720 9780883855720
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Table of Contents
The calculus as algebra --
The mathematician, the historian, and the history of mathematics --
Who gave you the epsilon? Cauchy and the origins of rigorous calculus --
The changing concept of change: the derivative from Fermat to Weierstrass --
The centrality of mathematics in the history of western thought --
Descartes and problem-solving --
The calculus as algebra, the calculus as geometry: Lagrange, Maclaurin, and their legacy --
Was Newton's calculus a dead end? the continental influence of Maclaurin's treatise of fluxions --
Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics --
Why should historical truth matter to mathematicians? dispelling myths while promoting maths --
Why did Lagrange "prove" the parallel postulate?
Edition Notes
"Part I was formerly published as The calculus as algebra: J.-L. Lagrange, 1736-1813 by Garland Publishing, New York, 1990."--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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