Patterns of change : linguistic innovations in the development of classical mathematics /
The book offers a reconstruction of linguistic innovations in the history of mathematics. It argues that there are at least three ways in which the language of mathematics can be changed. As illustration of changes of the first kind, called re-codings, is the development along the line: synthetic ge...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Basel : [London] :
Birkhäuser ; [Springer, distributor],
©2008.
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Series: | Science networks historical studies ;
v. 36. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Re-coding as the First Pattern of Change in Mathematics; Relativizations as the Second Pattern of Change in Mathematics; Re-Formulations as a Third Pattern of Change in Mathematics; Mathematics and Change.