Making up numbers : a history of invention in mathematics / Ekkehard Kopp
By: Kopp, Ekkehard [author]
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BookPublisher: [Cambridge] : Open Book Publishers, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781800640979.Subject(s): Mathematics -- History | Inventions -- Mathematical models | MathematicsGenre/Form: Electronic booksOnline resources: Click here to download | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Prologue : naming numbers
Chapter 1. Arithmetic in antiquity
Chapter 2. Writing and solving equations
Chapter 3. Construction and calculation
Chapter 4. Coordinates and complex numbers
Chapter 5. Struggles with the infinite
Chapter 6. From calculus to analysis
Chapter 7. Number systems
Chapter 8. Axioms for number systems
Chapter 9. Counting beyond the finite
Chapter 10. Solid foundations?
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