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In the early twentieth century, Hausdorff developed an axiomatic approach to topology, which continues to be the foundation of modern topology. The present book, the English translation of the third edition of Hausdorff's Mengenlehre, is a thorough...

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A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century covers the period from 1800 to 1914, an era shaped by expanding European empires and vastly improved systems of transportation and communication. Widening access to schools improved mathematical...

A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Eighteenth Century covers the period from 1687 to 1800. Advances in the use of calculus opened up both nature and society to mathematical analysis, while mathematical skills became increasingly valuable in ongoing...

A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Early Modern Age covers the period from 1450 to 1687, a time marked by increasing interplay between science and society. Classical writing on science which had been lost and Arabic thinking which was new both...

A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age covers the period from 500 to 1450, focusing in particular on the innovations in East and South Asia and in Islamicate cultures. With the invention of algebra and the decimal place-value number system...

A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Modern Age covers the period from 1914 to today. Across the Twentieth Century, mathematics influenced two World Wars and the shape of modern warfare, nuclear technology, and the space age, while the certainties of...

A Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity covers the period from 3000 BCE to 500 CE, exploring the great richness and diversity of mathematical thought and activity across the ancient world. Our modern notion of mathematics - and the word itself -...

This is the second volume of a three-volume treatise which presents the mathematical foundations of systems and control theory in a self-contained, comprehensive, detailed and mathematically rigorous way. The work combines the features of a detailed...

Mean-Field-Type Game Theory I is the first of two volumes that together form a comprehensive treatment of mean-field-type game theory and applications, focused on finding state-of-the-art solutions to issues surrounding the next generation of cloud...

This book examines the creation and character of mathematical training at Bryn Mawr College between 1885 and 1926 under the leadership of Charlotte Angas Scott. Though designated as a college, Bryn Mawr boasted the world’s first graduate degree programs...

This is the story of the intellectual and social life of a community, and of its interactions with the wider world. For eight centuries mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone profound...

This volume commemorates the work of Alan Turing, because it was Turing who not only introduced the most persuasive and influential concept of a machine model of effective computability but who also anticipated in his work the diversity of topics brought...

Solving mathematical problmes is a favourite pastime of many people, from school students to professional research mathematicians. The aim of this book is to provide a wide variety of problems suitable for teenagers and students which will stimulate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954358669Author Maria MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Math MammothPublisher Math MammothWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954358683Author Maria MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Math MammothPublisher Math MammothWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798893030303Author Rob EastawayFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint The Experiment LLCPublisher The Experiment LLCWeight(grams) 334gDimensions(mm) 224mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589473485Author School ZoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint School ZonePublisher School ZoneWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 193mm * 10mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848901735Author Sujata GhoshFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint College PublicationsPublisher College Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503596068Author Mathieu HussonFormat HardbackImprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 1719g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954358652Author Maria MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Math MammothPublisher Math MammothWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954358676Author Dr Maria MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Math MammothPublisher Math MammothWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

A Mathematical Tour introduces readers to a selection of mathematical topics chosen for their centrality, importance, historical significance, and intrinsic appeal and beauty. The book is written to be accessible and interesting to readers with a good...

This book presents a historical account of Felix Klein's "Comparative Reflections on Recent Research in Geometry" (1872), better known as his "Erlangen Program." Originally conceived and written when Klein was collaborating with Sophus Lie, this bold...

Best Books of 2024, The Economist From the codebreakers and problem solvers, to the engineers, mathematicians and other problem-solvers - what the secret world can teach us about performance and...

A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires a special gift or that comprehension is a matter...

There is no question that native cultures in the New World exhibit many forms of mathematical development. This Native American mathematics can best be described by considering the nature of the concepts found in a variety of individual New World...

The aim of this book is to explain the shape of Greek mathematical thinking. It can be read on three levels: as a description of the practices of Greek mathematics; as a theory of the emergence of the deductive method; and as a case-study for a general...

Mathematics in India has a long and impressive history. Presented in chronological order, this book discusses mathematical contributions of Pre-Modern Indian Mathematicians from the Vedic period (800 B.C.) to the 17th Century of the Christian era. These...

This book presents contributions of mathematicians covering topics from ancient India, placing them in the broader context of the history of mathematics. Although the translations of some Sanskrit mathematical texts are available in the literature,...

Indiscrete Thoughts gives a glimpse into a world that has seldom been described that of science and technology as seen through the eyes of a mathematician. The era covered by this book, 1950 to 1990, was surely one of the golden ages of science as well...

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TheTheory of the Top attained its great fame from both its monum- tal scope and its outstanding authors. In the early twentieth century, Felix Klein was known as a mathematician of world fame; Arnold S- merfeld, Klein's disciple, had acquired his...

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Throughout his life Lewis Fry Richardson made many inspirational contributions to various disciplines. Often his ideas were ahead of contemporary thinking, and preceded the technical means necessary for their practical implementation. He is best known...

In this book, the author writes freely and often humorously about his life, beginning with his earliest childhood days. He describes his survival of American bombing raids when he was a teenager in Japan, his emergence as a researcher in a post-war...

The Theory of the Top: Volume III. Perturbations: Astronomical and Geophysical Applications is the third installment in a series of four self-contained English translations of the classic and definitive treatment of rigid body motion.Key features:*...

For the last 30 years the Symposium on Elementary Mathematics Teaching (SEMT) has provided cutting edge excellence in research in elementary school mathematics education. From this wealth of material this book encapsulates the trends and explores how its...

This volume offers an integrated understanding of how the theory of general relativity gained momentum after Einstein had formulated it in 1915. Chapters focus on the early reception of the theory in physics and philosophy and on the systematic questions...