Philosophy of mathematics from the pythagoreans to euclid

Auteur :
Sattler, Barbara M.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009578905
Date de publication :
22 mai 2025
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element covers the first reflections on attempts to untie mathematics from its practical usage in administration, commerce, and land-surveying and discusses the first ideas to see mathematical structures as constituents underlying the physical world in the Pythagoreans.