What is mathematics? : an elementary approach to ideas and methods / by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins.

By:

Courant, Richard, 1888-1972 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1996Publisher: c1996Edition: Second edition. revised by Ian StewartDescription: 566 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780195687101 (pbk.)
9780195105193 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Mathematics

DDC classification:

510 COU 23 016269

LOC classification:

QA37.2 .C69 1996

Contents:

Chapter I. The natural numbers -- Supplement to Chapter I. The theory of numbers -- Chapter II. The number system of mathematics -- Supplement to Chapter II. The algebra of sets -- Chapter III. Geometrical construction. The algebra of number fields -- Chapter IV. Projective geometry. axiomatics. non-euclidean geometries -- Chapter V. Topology -- Chapter VI. Functions and limits -- Supplement to Chapter VI. More examples on limits and continuity -- Chapter VII. Maxima and minima -- Chapter VIII. The calculus -- Supplement to Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX. Recent developments -- Appendix: supplementary remarks, problems, and exercises.

Summary: Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, this second edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved."--Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	510 COU 016269 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		016269

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-558) and index.

Chapter I. The natural numbers --
Supplement to Chapter I. The theory of numbers --
Chapter II. The number system of mathematics --
Supplement to Chapter II. The algebra of sets --
Chapter III. Geometrical construction. The algebra of number fields --
Chapter IV. Projective geometry. axiomatics. non-euclidean geometries --
Chapter V. Topology --
Chapter VI. Functions and limits --
Supplement to Chapter VI. More examples on limits and continuity --
Chapter VII. Maxima and minima --
Chapter VIII. The calculus --
Supplement to Chapter VIII --
Chapter IX. Recent developments --
Appendix: supplementary remarks, problems, and exercises.

Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, this second edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved."--Jacket.

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