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Each volume of Nicolas Bourbakis well-known work, The Elements of Mathematics, contains a section or chapter devoted to the history of the subject. This book collects together those historical segments with an emphasis on the emergence, development, and interaction of the leading ideas of the mathematical theories presented in the Elements. In particular, the book provides a highly readable account of the evolution of algebra, geometry, infinitesimal calculus, and of the concepts of number and structure, from the Babylonian era through to the 20th century.
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This volume contains excerpts from the author's multi-volume treatise "The Elements of Mathematics", emphasizing the emergence, development and interaction of the leading mathematical theories. It includes accounts of the evolution of algebra, geometry and infinitesimal calculus.
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- PublisherSpringer
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 3540193766
- ISBN 13 9783540193760
- BindingHardcover
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