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The History of Mathematics A Brief Course.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cooke, Roger L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Changes from the Second Edition -- Elementary Texts on the History of Mathematics -- Part I: What is Mathematics? -- Contents of Part I -- Chapter 1: Mathematics and its History -- 1.1 Two Ways to Look at the History of Mathematics -- 1.2 The Origin of Mathematics -- 1.3 The Philosophy of Mathematics -- 1.4 Our Approach to the History of Mathematics -- Questions for Reflection -- Chapter 2: Proto-mathematics -- 2.1 Number -- 2.2 Shape -- 2.3 Symbols -- 2.4 Mathematical Reasoning -- Problems and Questions -- Part II: The Middle East, 2000-1500 BCE 
505 0 |a Of Part II -- Chapter 3: Overview of Mesopotamian Mathematics -- 3.1 A Sketch of Two Millennia of Mesopotamian History -- 3.2 Mathematical Cuneiform Tablets -- 3.3 Systems of Measuring and Counting -- 3.4 The Mesopotamian Numbering System -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 4: Computations in Ancient Mesopotamia -- 4.1 Arithmetic -- 4.2 Algebra -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 5: Geometry in Mesopotamia -- 5.1 The Pythagorean Theorem -- 5.2 Plane Figures -- 5.3 Volumes -- 5.4 Plimpton 322 -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 6: Egyptian Numerals and Arithmetic -- 6.1 Sources 
505 8 |a 6.2 The Rhind Papyrus -- 6.3 Egyptian Arithmetic -- 6.4 Computation -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 7: Algebra and Geometry in Ancient Egypt -- 7.1 Algebra Problems in the Rhind Papyrus -- 7.2 Geometry -- 7.3 Areas -- Problems and Questions -- Part III: Greek Mathematics From 500 BCE to 500 CE -- Contents of Part III -- Chapter 8: An Overview of Ancient Greek Mathematics -- 8.1 Sources -- 8.2 General Features of Greek Mathematics -- 8.3 Works and Authors -- Questions -- Chapter 9: Greek Number Theory -- 9.1 The Euclidean Algorithm -- 9.2 The Arithmetica of Nicomachus 
505 8 |a 9.3 Euclid's Number Theory -- 9.4 The Arithmetica of Diophantus -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 10: Fifth-Century Greek Geometry -- 10.1 "Pythagorean" Geometry -- 10.2 Challenge No. 1: Unsolved Problems -- 10.3 Challenge No. 2: The Paradoxes of Zeno of Elea -- 10.4 Challenge No. 3: Irrational Numbers and Incommensurable Lines -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 11: Athenian Mathematics I: The Classical Problems -- 11.1 Squaring the Circle -- 11.2 Doubling the Cube -- 11.3 Trisecting the Angle -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 12: Athenian Mathematics II: Plato and Aristotle 
505 8 |a 12.1 The Influence of Plato -- 12.2 Eudoxan Geometry -- 12.3 Aristotle -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 13: Euclid of Alexandria -- 13.1 The Elements -- 13.2 The Data -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 14: Archimedes of Syracuse -- 14.1 The Works of Archimedes -- 14.2 The Surface of a Sphere -- 14.3 The Archimedes Palimpsest -- 14.4 Quadrature of the Parabola -- Problems and Questions -- Chapter 15: Apollonius of Perga -- 15.1 History of the Conics -- 15.2 Contents of the Conics -- 15.3 Foci and the Three-and Four-line Locus -- Problems and Questions 
500 |a Chapter 16: Hellenistic and Roman Geometry 
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