The development of the foundations of mathematical analysis from Euler to Riemann  -  Ivor Grattan-Guinness

KORTE INHOUD

[Opening Paragraph of the Introduction]

Our account of the historical development of mathematical analysis concentrates only on its foundational aspects. We start in the eighteenth century with the achievements and difficulties of the calculus epitomized in the mathematical examination of the motion of the vibrating string, and from there we follow lines of development which led in the early decades of the nineteenth century to the broadening of the subject into what we now know as "mathematical analysis": t...
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1970 Uitgever: Mit Press 186 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0262070340 ISBN-13: 9780262070348