Bibliograph

A history of mathematics, Uta Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer

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A history of mathematics, Uta Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-646) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A history of mathematics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

521733576

Responsibility statement

Uta Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer

Table Of Contents

Traces -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- Hellenic traditions -- Euclid of Alexandria -- Archimedes of Syracuse -- Apollonius of Perge -- Crosscurrents -- Ancient and medieval China -- Ancient and medieval India -- The Islamic hegemony -- The Latin West -- The European Renaissance -- Early modern problem solvers -- Analysis, synthesis, the infinite, and numbers -- British techniques and Continental methods -- Euler -- Pre- to postrevolutionary France -- Gauss -- Geometry -- Algebra -- Analysis -- Twentieth- century legacies -- Recent trends

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