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An edition of Great feuds in mathematics (2006)

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John Wiley & Sons
Language
English
Pages
250

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Subjects

History, Mathematics, Mathematicians, Geschichte, Mathematik, Mathematiker, Mathematics, history
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Table of Contents

Tartaglia versus Cardano. Solving cubic equations
Descartes versus Fermat. Analytic geometry and optics
Newton versus Leibniz. Credit for the calculus
Bernoulli versus Bernoulli. Sibling rivalry of the highest order
Sylvester versus Huxley. Ivory tower or real world?
Kronecker versus Cantor. Mathematical insanity
Borel versus Zermelo. The "notorious axiom"
Poincar versus Russell. The logical foundations of mathematics
Hilbert versus Brouwer. Formalism versus intuitionism
Absolutists/platonists versus fallibilists/constructionists. Are mathematical advances discoveries or inventions?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Hoboken, N.J

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510
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QA21 .H45 2006, QA21.H45 2006

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Number of pages
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62281940
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