What is mathematics? : an elementary approach to ideas and methods / by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996Edition: 2nd ed. / revised by Ian StewartDescription: 566 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780195105193 (pbk.); 0195105192 (pbk)Subject(s): MathematicsDDC classification: 510
Contents:
1. THE NATURAL NUMBER
2. THE NUMBER SYSTEM OF MATHEMATICS
3. GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTIONS. THE ALGEBRA OF NUMBER FIELDS
4. PROTECTIVE GEOMETRY. AXIOMATIC. NON EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES
5. TOPOLOGY
6. FUNCTION AND LIMITS
7. MAXIMA AND MINIMA
8. THE CALCULUS
9. MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE
10. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-558) and index.
1. THE NATURAL NUMBER
2. THE NUMBER SYSTEM OF MATHEMATICS
3. GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTIONS. THE ALGEBRA OF NUMBER FIELDS
4. PROTECTIVE GEOMETRY. AXIOMATIC. NON EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES
5. TOPOLOGY
6. FUNCTION AND LIMITS
7. MAXIMA AND MINIMA
8. THE CALCULUS
9. MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE
10. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
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