For Dirk Struik

Author : Robert S. Cohen,J.J. Stachel,Marx W. Wartofsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401021159

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For Dirk Struik by Robert S. Cohen,J.J. Stachel,Marx W. Wartofsky Pdf

It is fitting that Professor Dirk Jan Struik be greeted with this melange of mathematical, scientific, historical, sociological and political essays. The authors are also appropriately varied: different countries, outlooks, religions, generations, and we suppose - of course we did not as- different politics too. Many more would have joined us, we know, but the good friends in this book make a fine and representative assembly of the intersection of two (mathematical!) classes: affectionately respect ful admirers of Dirk Struik, and the best thinkers of this troubled century. Struik has been among the most steadfast supporters of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, that discussion group which we have been holding at Boston University since 1960, but his luminous collaboration has been welcome, in Boston and Cambridge, for nearly five decades among mathematicians, physicists, philosophical and political thinkers, and especially among the students. It has not mattered whether they have been his own students or not, whether at M.LT. or elsewhere, whether scholars or dropouts, nature-lovers or book worms, anarchists or Republicans, Catholics or Unitarians, Communists or communists, prim or liberated. No doubt he has his preferences! But the main thing for Struik has been to educate and respect the other person.

Author : Dirk Jan Struik
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781400858002

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A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800 by Dirk Jan Struik Pdf

These selected mathematical writings cover the years when the foundations were laid for the theory of numbers, analytic geometry, and the calculus. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Dirk Jan Struik
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1961-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0486656098

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Lectures on Classical Differential Geometry by Dirk Jan Struik Pdf

Elementary, yet authoritative and scholarly, this book offers an excellent brief introduction to the classical theory of differential geometry. It is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students who will find it not only highly readable but replete with illustrations carefully selected to help stimulate the student's visual understanding of geometry. The text features an abundance of problems, most of which are simple enough for class use, and often convey an interesting geometrical fact. A selection of more difficult problems has been included to challenge the ambitious student. Written by a noted mathematician and historian of mathematics, this volume presents the fundamental conceptions of the theory of curves and surfaces and applies them to a number of examples. Dr. Struik has enhanced the treatment with copious historical, biographical, and bibliographical references that place the theory in context and encourage the student to consult original sources and discover additional important ideas there. For this second edition, Professor Struik made some corrections and added an appendix with a sketch of the application of Cartan's method of Pfaffians to curve and surface theory. The result was to further increase the merit of this stimulating, thought-provoking text — ideal for classroom use, but also perfectly suited for self-study. In this attractive, inexpensive paperback edition, it belongs in the library of any mathematician or student of mathematics interested in differential geometry.

Author : R S Cohen,J J Stachel,Marx W Wartofsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1974-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401021163

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For Dirk Struik by R S Cohen,J J Stachel,Marx W Wartofsky Pdf

Author : Dirk Jan Struik
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0486602559

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A Concise History of Mathematics by Dirk Jan Struik Pdf

This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." — Nature.

Author : Dirk J. Struik
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486173528

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Lectures on Analytic and Projective Geometry by Dirk J. Struik Pdf

This undergraduate text develops the geometry of plane and space, leading up to conics and quadrics, within the context of metrical, affine, and projective transformations. 1953 edition.

Author : Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels
Publisher : New York : International Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003212227

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Birth of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels Pdf

Full text of the "Manifesto", all prefaces by Marx and Engels, early drafts by Engels and other supplementary material.

Author : David E. Rowe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319678191

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A Richer Picture of Mathematics by David E. Rowe Pdf

Historian David E. Rowe captures the rich tapestry of mathematical creativity in this collection of essays from the “Years Ago” column of The Mathematical Intelligencer. With topics ranging from ancient Greek mathematics to modern relativistic cosmology, this collection conveys the impetus and spirit of Rowe’s various and many-faceted contributions to the history of mathematics. Centered on the Göttingen mathematical tradition, these stories illuminate important facets of mathematical activity often overlooked in other accounts. Six sections place the essays in chronological and thematic order, beginning with new introductions that contextualize each section. The essays that follow recount episodes relating to the section’s overall theme. All of the essays in this collection, with the exception of two, appeared over the course of more than 30 years in The Mathematical Intelligencer. Based largely on archival and primary sources, these vignettes offer unusual insights into behind-the-scenes events. Taken together, they aim to show how Göttingen managed to attract an extraordinary array of talented individuals, several of whom contributed to the development of a new mathematical culture during the first decades of the twentieth century.

Author : Eleanor Robson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691201405

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Mathematics in Ancient Iraq by Eleanor Robson Pdf

This monumental book traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East, from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned. Eleanor Robson offers a history like no other, examining ancient mathematics within its broader social, political, economic, and religious contexts, and showing that mathematics was not just an abstract discipline for elites but a key component in ordering society and understanding the world. The region of modern-day Iraq is uniquely rich in evidence for ancient mathematics because its prehistoric inhabitants wrote on clay tablets, many hundreds of thousands of which have been archaeologically excavated, deciphered, and translated. Drawing from these and a wealth of other textual and archaeological evidence, Robson gives an extraordinarily detailed picture of how mathematical ideas and practices were conceived, used, and taught during this period. She challenges the prevailing view that they were merely the simplistic precursors of classical Greek mathematics, and explains how the prevailing view came to be. Robson reveals the true sophistication and beauty of ancient Middle Eastern mathematics as it evolved over three thousand years, from the earliest beginnings of recorded accounting to complex mathematical astronomy. Every chapter provides detailed information on sources, and the book includes an appendix on all mathematical cuneiform tablets published before 2007.

Author : John Forbes Nash, Jr.,Michael Th. Rassias
Publisher : Springer
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319321622

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Open Problems in Mathematics by John Forbes Nash, Jr.,Michael Th. Rassias Pdf

The goal in putting together this unique compilation was to present the current status of the solutions to some of the most essential open problems in pure and applied mathematics. Emphasis is also given to problems in interdisciplinary research for which mathematics plays a key role. This volume comprises highly selected contributions by some of the most eminent mathematicians in the international mathematical community on longstanding problems in very active domains of mathematical research. A joint preface by the two volume editors is followed by a personal farewell to John F. Nash, Jr. written by Michael Th. Rassias. An introduction by Mikhail Gromov highlights some of Nash’s legendary mathematical achievements. The treatment in this book includes open problems in the following fields: algebraic geometry, number theory, analysis, discrete mathematics, PDEs, differential geometry, topology, K-theory, game theory, fluid mechanics, dynamical systems and ergodic theory, cryptography, theoretical computer science, and more. Extensive discussions surrounding the progress made for each problem are designed to reach a wide community of readers, from graduate students and established research mathematicians to physicists, computer scientists, economists, and research scientists who are looking to develop essential and modern new methods and theories to solve a variety of open problems.

Author : Thomas Nickles
Publisher : Springer
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1980-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9027710929

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Scientific Discovery: Case Studies by Thomas Nickles Pdf

The history of science is articulated by moments of discovery. Yet, these 'moments' are not simple or isolated events in science. Just as a scientific discovery illuminates our understanding of nature or of society, and reveals new connections among phenomena, so too does the history of scientific activity and the analysis of scientific reasoning illuminate the processes which give rise to moments of discovery and the complex network of consequences which follow upon such moments. Understanding discovery has not been, until recently, a major concern of modem philosophy of science. Whether the act of discoyery was regarded as mysterious and inexplicable, or obvious and in no need of explanation, modem philosophy of science in effect bracketed the question. It concentrated instead on the logic of scientific explanation or on the issues of validation or justification of scientific theories or laws. The recent revival of interest in the context of discovery, indeed in the acts of discovery, on the part of philosophers and historians of science, represents no one particular method'ological or philosophical orientation. It proceeds as much from an empiricist and analytical approach as from a sociological or historical one; from considerations of the logic of science as much as from the alogical or extralogical contexts of scientific tho'¢tt and practice. But, in general, this new interest focuses sharply on the actual historical and contem porary cases of scientific discovery, and on an examination of the act or moment of discovery in situ.

Author : David E. Rowe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1026632865

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Interview with Dirk Jan Struik by David E. Rowe Pdf

Author : Dirk J. Struik
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486138886

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A Concise History of Mathematics by Dirk J. Struik Pdf

This compact, well-written history — first published in 1948, and now in its fourth revised edition — describes the main trends in the development of all fields of mathematics from the first available records to the middle of the 20th century. Students, researchers, historians, specialists — in short, everyone with an interest in mathematics — will find it engrossing and stimulating. Beginning with the ancient Near East, the author traces the ideas and techniques developed in Egypt, Babylonia, China, and Arabia, looking into such manuscripts as the Egyptian Papyrus Rhind, the Ten Classics of China, and the Siddhantas of India. He considers Greek and Roman developments from their beginnings in Ionian rationalism to the fall of Constantinople; covers medieval European ideas and Renaissance trends; analyzes 17th- and 18th-century contributions; and offers an illuminating exposition of 19th century concepts. Every important figure in mathematical history is dealt with — Euclid, Archimedes, Diophantus, Omar Khayyam, Boethius, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Fourier, Gauss, Riemann, Cantor, and many others. For this latest edition, Dr. Struik has both revised and updated the existing text, and also added a new chapter on the mathematics of the first half of the 20th century. Concise coverage is given to set theory, the influence of relativity and quantum theory, tensor calculus, the Lebesgue integral, the calculus of variations, and other important ideas and concepts. The book concludes with the beginnings of the computer era and the seminal work of von Neumann, Turing, Wiener, and others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." — Nature Magazine.

Author : Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1801
Category : Calculus
ISBN : NYPL:33433057698775

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Analytical Institutions in Four Books by Maria Gaetana Agnesi Pdf

Author : Luke Hodgkin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780191664366

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A History of Mathematics by Luke Hodgkin Pdf

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the trials and tribulations of the Greek mathematicians. The important, and often neglected, influence of both Chinese and Islamic mathematics is covered in detail, placing the description of early Western mathematics in a global context. The book concludes with modern mathematics, covering recent developments such as the advent of the computer, chaos theory, topology, mathematical physics, and the solution of Fermat's Last Theorem. Containing more than 100 illustrations and figures, this text, aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates, addresses the methods and challenges associated with studying the history of mathematics. The reader is introduced to the leading figures in the history of mathematics (including Archimedes, Ptolemy, Qin Jiushao, al-Kashi, al-Khwarizmi, Galileo, Newton, Leibniz, Helmholtz, Hilbert, Alan Turing, and Andrew Wiles) and their fields. An extensive bibliography with cross-references to key texts will provide invaluable resource to students and exercises (with solutions) will stretch the more advanced reader.