ISBN10: 0387982892, ISBN13: 9780387982892, [publisher: Springer New York] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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 believes that most of mathematics is about numbers, curves and functions, and the links between these concepts can be suggested by a thorough study of simple examples, such as the circle and the square. This book covers the main ideas of Euclid--geometry, arithmetic and the theory of real numbers, but with 2000 years of extra insights attached. NUMBERS AND GEOMETRY presupposes only high school algebra and therefore can be read by any well prepared student entering university. Moreover, this book will be popular with graduate students and ...

Springer Verlag, Date: 1997. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 339 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. 1997. Springer Verlag ISBN 0387982892 9780387982892 [GB]

Springer Verlag 1997 1998 ed. Hardcover New 1st edition. 339 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches.