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008			120904s2012 nyu 001 0 eng
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035			_a(OCoLC)319492181
037			_bDover Pubns, 31 E 2nd st, Mineola, NY, USA, 11501, (516)2947000-223 SAN 201-338X
050	0	0	_aQA26 _b.S43 2012
082	0	0	_a510.9
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245	0	4	_aThe search for certainty : _ba journey through the history of mathematics, 1800-2000 / _cedited by Frank J. Swetz.
260			_aMineola, N.Y. : _bDover Publications, _c2012.
300			_avi, 186 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
500			_aContains a new selection from the work, From five fingers to infinity : a journey through the history of mathematics, published by Open Court in 1994.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe changing concept of change: the derivative from Fermat to Weierstrass -- Niels Henrik Abel -- Olivier and Abel on series convergence: an episode from early 19th century analysis -- The parallel postulate -- Saccheri, forerunner of non-euclidean geometry -- The evolution of group theory: a brief survey -- The men responsible for the development of vectors -- Matrix theory I: Arthur Cayley-founder of Matrix Theory -- Matrix Theory II: basic properties -- Matrix Theory III: the characteristic equation; minimal polynomials -- Sylvester and Scott -- The early beginnings of set theory -- Infinity: the twilight zone of mathematics -- Irrationals or incommensurables V: their admission to the realm of numbers -- The genesis of point set topology: from Newton to Hausdorff -- The origin of the four-color conjecture -- Meta-mathematics and the modern conception of mathematics -- Intuition and logic in mathematics -- The three crises in mathematics: logicism, intuitionism, and formalism -- Kurt Godel, mathematician and logician -- Thinking the unthinkable: the story of complex numbers (with a moral) -- The development of modern statistics -- ENIAC: the first computer -- Dynamical systems: Birkhoff and Smale -- Fermat's last theorem: 1637-1988.
650		0	_aMathematics _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aMathematics _xHistory _y20th century.
700	1		_aSwetz, Frank J., _d1937-
740	0		_aFrom five fingers to infinity.
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