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A Concise History of Mathematics for Philosophers: Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics

Autor John Stillwell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 iun 2019
This Element aims to present an outline of mathematics and its history, with particular emphasis on events that shook up its philosophy. It ranges from the discovery of irrational numbers in ancient Greece to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discoveries on the nature of infinity and proof. Recurring themes are intuition and logic, meaning and existence, and the discrete and the continuous. These themes have evolved under the influence of new mathematical discoveries and the story of their evolution is, to a large extent, the story of philosophy of mathematics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108456234
ISBN-10: 1108456235
Pagini: 75
Ilustrații: 20 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 150 x 230 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Irrational numbers and geometry; 2. Infinity in Greek mathematics; 3. Imaginary numbers; 4. Calculus and infinitesimals; 5. Continuous functions and real numbers; 6. From non-Euclidean geometry to arithmetic; 7. Set theory and its paradoxes; 8. Formal systems; 9. Unsolvability and incompleteness.

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Presents the outline of mathematics and its history, with particular emphasis on events that shook up its philosophy.