Lacroix and the calculus /

Silvestre François Lacroix (Paris, 1765 - ibid., 1843) was a most influential mathematical book author. His most famous work is the three-volume Traité du calcul différentiel et du calcul intégral (1797-1800; 2nd ed. 1810-1819) - an encyclopedic appraisal of 18th-century calculus which remained...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Domingues, João Caramalho
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©2008.
Colección:Science networks historical studies ; v. 35.
Temas:
Lacroix, S. F. > (Silvestre François), > 1765-1843. > Traité de calcul differentiel et de calcul intégral.
Lacroix, S. F., > 1765-1843.
Calculus > History.
Calcul infinitésimal > Histoire.
MATHEMATICS > Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Mathematical Analysis.
Sciences humaines.
Sciences sociales.
Matemáticas
Cálculo
Calculus
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A short biography of Silvestre-François Lacroix
  • An overview of Lacroix's Traité
  • The principles of the calculus
  • Analytic and differential geometry
  • approximate integration and conceptions of the integral
  • Types of solutions of differential equations
  • aspects of difference and series
  • The Traité élémentaire
  • the second edition of the traité
  • Final remarks
  • Two memoirs by Lacroix
  • Lacroix's historical appraisal of his own Traité
  • Syllabi of Lacroix's course of analysis at the École Polytechnique
  • Biographical data ona few obscure characters.

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