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Classical Mathematics: A Concise History of the Classical Era in Mathematics
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Classical Mathematics: A Concise History of the Classical Era in Mathematics

by Joseph Ehrenfried Hofmann. 159 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Joseph Ehrenfried Hofmann

Publisher:

   Philosophical Library

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1959
Subjects:   Mathematics--History
Table of contents
Contents
CHAPTER ONE THE HIGH BAROQUE PERIOD (approximately 1625-1665)
1. Descartes (1596-1650) 1
2. First Achievements in the Infinitesimal Domain (1629-1647) 12
3. Extension and Deepening of Gains Made (1648-1665) 25
CHAPTER TWO THE LATE BAROQUE PERIOD (approximately 1665-1730)
1. Discovery of the power series method (1665-1675) 43
2. Discovery of the Calculus (1673-1677) 54
3. Extension of the New Methods (1677-1695) 66
4. Controversies over the Calculus (1695 to about 1730) 83
5. Other Mathematical Advances (approximately 1665-1730) Infinitesimal Mathematics in Japan (approximately 1650-1770) 101
CHAPTER THREE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT (about 1700-1790)
1. General Remarks; Elementary Questions 115
2. Leading Personalities on the Continent 126
3. Addenda 149
INDEX 155
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