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Families of curves and the origins of partial differentiation /
This book provides a detailed description of the main episodes in the emergence of partial differentiation during the period 1690-1740. It argues that the development of this concept - to a considerable degree of perfection - took place almost exclusively in problems concerning families of curves. T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.,
1984.
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| Colección: | North-Holland mathematics studies ;
93. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book provides a detailed description of the main episodes in the emergence of partial differentiation during the period 1690-1740. It argues that the development of this concept - to a considerable degree of perfection - took place almost exclusively in problems concerning families of curves. Thus, the book shows the origins of the ideas and techniques which paved the way for the sudden introduction of partial differential equations in 1750. The main methodological characteristic of the book is its emphasis on a full understanding of the motives, problems and goals of the mathematicians of that time. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238). |
| ISBN: | 9780444868978 0444868976 9780080872049 0080872042 |