Foundations of Analysis: The Arithmetic of Whole, Rational, Irrational and Complex Numbers - Softcover

Landau, Edmund

 
9781950217083: Foundations of Analysis: The Arithmetic of Whole, Rational, Irrational and Complex Numbers

Synopsis

1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , natural numbers. 0, zero. -1, -2, -3, -4, . . . , negative integers. Rational numbers, irrational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, . . . , and, what are numbers? The most accurate mathematical answer to the question is given in this book. The book is intended to be a supplement to textbooks on the differential and integral calculus. Those who are studying the subject should read this book. However, prerequisites are kept minimum, challenging high school students are also welcome.

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About the Authors

The author obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin. He worked for the University of Berlin, the University of Göttingen, . . . . He was regarded as a leading number theorist in those days.

The translator worked for the City College of New York.

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