The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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- Synopsis
- This text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students examines the events that led to a 19th-century intellectual revolution: the reinterpretation of the calculus undertaken by Augustin-Louis Cauchy and his peers. These intellectuals transformed the uses of calculus from problem-solving methods into a collection of well-defined theorems about limits, continuity, series, derivatives, and integrals. Beginning with a survey of the characteristic 19th-century view of analysis, the book proceeds to an examination of the 18th-century concept of calculus and focuses on the innovative methods of Cauchy and his contemporaries in refining existing methods into the basis of rigorous calculus. 1981 edition.
- Copyright:
- 1981
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 272 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780486143743
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780486438153
- Publisher:
- Dover Publications
- Date of Addition:
- 01/18/19
- Copyrighted By:
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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