Arithmetic of infinitesimals, the: john wallis 1656
Auteur :
Wallis, John
Éditeur :
Wallis, John
ISBN :
9780387207094
Date de publication :
6 août 2004
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
504 g
Format :
Laminated cover
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Provides an English translation of John Wallis's ""Arithmetica Infinitorum"", a key text on the seventeenth-century development of the calculus. This work displays the crucial mid-seventeenth-century shift from geometry to arithmetic and algebra as the primary language of mathematics.