"Mathematics and Its History" von John Stillwell ist ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, das die Geschichte der Mathematik von ihren Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart darstellt. Es behandelt eine Vielzahl von Themen, einschließlich der Entdeckung...

"Mathematics and Its History" von John Stillwell ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die Entwicklung der Mathematik von ihren Anfängen bis zur modernen Zeit nachzeichnet. Das Buch richtet sich an Studierende im Grundstudium und bietet eine...

From a review of the second edition:"This book covers many interesting topics not usually covered in a present day undergraduate course, as well as certain basic topics such as the development of the calculus and the solution of...

"Sources of Hyperbolic Geometry" von John Stillwell ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die Entwicklung und Geschichte der hyperbolischen Geometrie beleuchtet. Das Buch ist Teil der "History of Mathematics"-Reihe und bietet eine detaillierte...

"Wahrheit, Beweis, Unendlichkeit: Eine mathematische Reise zu den vielseitigen Auswirkungen der Unendlichkeit" von Roland Girgensohn ist ein faszinierender Ausflug in die Welt der Mathematik und ihrer philosophischen Implikationen. Das...

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...

Yearning for the Impossible von Stillwell, John

Algebra is abstract mathematics - let us make no bones about it - yet it is also applied mathematics in its best and purest form. It is not abstraction for its own sake, but abstraction for the sake of efficiency, power and insight....

In this new textbook, acclaimed author John Stillwell presents a lucid introduction to Lie theory suitable for junior and senior level undergraduates. In order to achieve this, he focuses on the so-called "classical groups'' that capture...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the role of infinity in mathematics, from ancient to modern times. It is aimed at a general audience and introduces most of the required techniques from scratch. While the mathematical...

This book presents reverse mathematics to a general mathematical audience for the first time. Reverse mathematics is a new field that answers some old questions. In the two thousand years that mathematicians have been deriving theorems...

This book presents reverse mathematics to a general mathematical audience for the first time. Reverse mathematics is a new field that answers some old questions. In the two thousand years that mathematicians have been deriving theorems...