Bibliograph

Numbers and geometry, John Stillwell

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Numbers and geometry, John Stillwell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-315) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Numbers and geometry

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

37004483

Responsibility statement

John Stillwell

Series statement

Undergraduate texts in mathematics. Readings in mathematics

Summary

Numbers and Geometry is a beautiful and relatively elementary account of a part of mathematics where three main fields - algebra, analysis, and geometry - meet. The aim of this book is to give a broad view of these subjects at the level of calculus, without being a calculus (or a pre-calculus) book. Its roots are in arithmetic and geometry, the two opposite poles of mathematics, and the source of historic conceptual conflict. The resolution of this conflict, and its role in the development of mathematics, is one of the main stories in the book. The key is algebra, which brings arithmetic and geometry together, and allows them to flourish and branch out in new directions

Table Of Contents

Arithmetic -- Geometry -- Coordinates -- Rational points -- Trigonometry -- Finite arithmetic -- Complex numbers -- Conic sections -- Elementary functions

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