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Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) Book

Presents an elementary account of a part of mathematics where three main fields - algebra analysis and geometry - meet. This book gives a broad view of these subjects at the level of calculus. It is based on arithmetic and geometry the two opposite poles of mathematics and the source of historic conceptual conflict.Read More

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    NUMBERS AND GEOMETRY is a beautiful and relatively elementary account of a part of mathematics where three main fields--algebra, analysis and geometry--meet. The aim of this book is to give a broad view of these subjects at the level of calculus, without being a calculus (or a pre-calculus) book. Its roots are in arithmetic and geometry, the two opposite poles of mathematics, and the source of historic conceptual conflict. The resolution of this conflict, and its role in the development of mathematics, is one of the main stories in the book. The key is algebra, which brings arithmetic and geometry together, and allows them to flourish and branch out in new directions.

    Stillwell has chosen an array of exciting and worthwhile topics and elegantly combines mathematical history with mathematics. He covers the main ideas of Euclid--geometry, arithmetic, and the theory of real numbers--but enriches them with 2000 years of insights and results.

  • 0387982892
  • 9780387982892
  • John Stillwell
  • 1 November 1997
  • Springer
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 339
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