Introduction to Mathematical Thinking: The Formation of Concepts in Modern Mathematics
Dover Publications (1951)
| Abstract | "With exceptional clarity, but with no evasion of essential ideas, the author outlines the fundamental structure of mathematics."--Carl B. Boyer, Brooklyn College. This enlightening survey of mathematical concept formation holds a natural appeal to philosophically minded readers, and no formal training in mathematics is necessary to appreciate its clear exposition. Contents include examinations of arithmetic and geometry; the rigorous construction of the theory of integers; the rational numbers and their foundation in arithmetic; and the rigorous construction of elementary arithmetic. Advanced topics encompass the principle of complete induction; the limit and point of accumulation; operating with sequences and differential quotient; remarkable curves; real numbers and ultrareal numbers; and complex and hypercomplex numbers. 1959 ed. 27 Figures. Index. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Mathematics Philosophy Number concept | |||||||||
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| Call number | QA9.W33213 2003 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0486428044 9780486428048 | |||||||||
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