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8%OFFAnderson, Marlow; Katz, Victor J.; Wilson, Robin J. - Who Gave You the Epsilon? - 9780883855690 - V9780883855690
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Who Gave You the Epsilon?

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Description for Who Gave You the Epsilon? Hardcover. Follows on from Sherlock Holmes in Babylon to take the history of mathematics through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Spectrum. Num Pages: 439 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 274 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1060.
This book picks up the history of mathematics from where Sherlock Holmes in Babylon left it. The 40 articles of Who Gave You the Epsilon? continue the story of the development of mathematics into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The articles have all been published in the Mathematical Association of America journals and are in many cases written by distinguished mathematicians such as G. H. Hardy and B. van der Waerden. The articles are arranged thematically to show the development of analysis, geometry, algebra and number theory through this period of time. Each chapter is preceded by a foreword, giving ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Mathematical Association of America United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
Series
Spectrum
Number of Pages
439
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780883855690
SKU
V9780883855690
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About Anderson, Marlow; Katz, Victor J.; Wilson, Robin J.
After earning his Ph.D. in 1977, Marlow Anderson taught at Indiana-Purdue University in Fort Wayne before coming to Colorado. His graduate work at the University of Kansas was in algebra, specifically lattice ordered groups, and he maintained his interest and research momentum when he joined the department at Colorado College in 1982. Anderson has always had wide ranging interests in ... Read more

Reviews for Who Gave You the Epsilon?
As a collection of interesting articles on the history of 19th- and 20th-century mathematics, the present volume is hard to beat. The 41 papers, covering many diverse areas, not just calculus, are mostly accessible to undergraduate mathematics majors, yet their professors will also likely enjoy them and learn quite a bit as well. Highly Recommended."" - C. Bauer, Choice ... Read more

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