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The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900 : J.J. Sylvester, Felix Klein, and E.H. Moore.
This volume traces the transformation of the United States from a mathematical backwater to a major presence during the quarter-century from 1876 to 1900. Presenting a detailed study of the major figures involved in this transformation, it focuses on the three most influential individuals-the Britis...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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American Mathematical Society,
1994.
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| Series: | History of mathematics.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Photograph and Figure Credits; Chapter 1. An overview of American mathematics: 1776-1876; Chapter 2. A new departmental prototype: J.J. Sylvester and the Johns Hopkins University; Chapter 3. Mathematics at Sylvester's Hopkins; Chapter 4. German mathematics and the early mathematical career of Felix Klein; Chapter 5. America's wanderlust generation; Chapter 6. Changes on the horizon; Chapter 7. The World's Columbian exposition of 1893 and the Chicago mathematical congress.
- Chapter 8. Surveying mathematical landscapes: The Evanston colloquium lecturesChapter 9. Meeting the challenge: The University of Chicago and the American mathematical research community; Chapter 10. Epilogue: Beyond the threshold: The American mathematical research community, 1900-1933; Bibliography; Subject Index; Back Cover.