Isaac Newton on mathematical certainty and method /

An analysis of Newton's mathematical work, from early discoveries to mature reflections, & a discussion of Newton's views on the role & nature of mathematics, in this book Guicciardini reconstructs Newton's own method by extracting it from his concrete practice.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guicciardini, Niccolò
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Colección:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Temas:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Knowledge > Mathematics.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727
Newton, Isaac > 1643-1727
Newton, Isaac > Mathematik.
Newton, Isaac.
Newton, Isaac, > 1643-1727.
Newton, Isaac, > Sir, > 1642-1727 > och matematik.
Mathematical analysis.
Mathematics > History.
Analyse mathématique.
Mathématiques > Histoire.
31.01 history of mathematics.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Mathematik
Methodologie
Philosophie
Analysis (mathematics)
Mathematik > Geschichte 18. Jh.
Mathematik > Geschichte 17. Jh.
Mathematik.
Philosophie.
Methodologie.
Matematik > historia.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Newton on mathematical method
  • Newton on certainty in optical lectures
  • Descartes on method and certainty in the Geometrie
  • Against Descartes on determinate problems
  • Against Descartes on indeterminate problems
  • Beyond the Cartesian cannon : the enumeration of cubics
  • The method of series
  • The analytical method of fluxions
  • The synthetic method of fluxions
  • The principia
  • Hidden common analysis
  • Hidden new analysis
  • Geometry and mechanics
  • Analysis and synthesis
  • The quarrel with Leibniz : a brief overview
  • Scribal publication, 1672-1699
  • Fluxions in print, 1700-1715.

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