The History of Mathematics: An Introduction

The History of Mathematics: An Introduction


Yazar David Burton
Yayınevi McGraw-Hill Higher Education
ISBN 9780071106351
Baskı yılı 2005
Sayfa sayısı 788
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This text is designed for the junior/senior mathematics major who intends to teach mathematics in high school or college. It concentrates on the history of those topics typically covered in an undergraduate curriculum or in elementary schools or high scho
Preface 1 Early Number Systems and Symbols 2 Mathematics in Early Civilizations 3 The Beginnings of Greek Mathematics 4 The Alexandrian School: Euclid 5 The Twilight of Greek Mathematics: Diophantus 6 The First Awakening: Fibonacci 7 The Renaissanc