ISBN: 9781402005657

In the early modern period, a crucial transformation occurred in the classical conception of number and magnitude. Traditionally, numbers were merely collections of discrete units that me… Meer...

In the early modern period, a crucial transformation occurred in the classical conception of number and magnitude. Traditionally, numbers were merely collections of discrete units that measured some multiple. Magnitude, on the other hand, was usually described as being continuous, or being divisible into parts that are infinitely divisible. This traditional idea of discrete number versus continuous magnitude was challenged in the early modern period in several ways. This detailed study explores how the development of algebraic symbolism, logarithms, and the growing practical demands for an expanded number concept all contributed to a broadening of the number concept in early modern England. An interest in solving practical problems was not, in itself, enough to cause a generalisation of the number concept. It was the combined impact of novel practical applications together with the concomitant development of such mathematical advances as algebraic notation and logarithms that produced a broadened number concept. Trade Books>Hardcover>Puzzles & Games>Logic,Brainteasers>Logic,Brainteas, Springer Netherlands Core >2<

ISBN: 9781402005657

In the early modern period, a crucial transformation occurred in the classical conception of number and magnitude. Traditionally, numbers were merely collections of discrete units that me… Meer...

In the early modern period, a crucial transformation occurred in the classical conception of number and magnitude. Traditionally, numbers were merely collections of discrete units that measured some multiple. Magnitude, on the other hand, was usually described as being continuous, or being divisible into parts that are infinitely divisible. This traditional idea of discrete number versus continuous magnitude was challenged in the early modern period in several ways. This detailed study explores how the development of algebraic symbolism, logarithms, and the growing practical demands for an expanded number concept all contributed to a broadening of the number concept in early modern England. An interest in solving practical problems was not, in itself, enough to cause a generalisation of the number concept. It was the combined impact of novel practical applications together with the concomitant development of such mathematical advances as algebraic notation and logarithms that produced a broadened number concept., Springer<

2002, ISBN: 1402005652

2002 Gebundene Ausgabe Fachspezifischer Unterricht, Geschichte, Mathematik, Algebra, Geschichte der Mathematik, Henry Briggs; Isaac Barrow; John Napier; John Wallis; algebraic symbolism… Meer...

2002 Gebundene Ausgabe Fachspezifischer Unterricht, Geschichte, Mathematik, Algebra, Geschichte der Mathematik, Henry Briggs; Isaac Barrow; John Napier; John Wallis; algebraic symbolism; logarithms; number concept, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Springer Netherlands; Springer Netherland]<

2002, ISBN: 9781402005657

From Discrete to Continuous ab 117.49 € als gebundene Ausgabe: The Broadening of Number Concepts in Early Modern England. Auflage 2002. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Mathematik, … Meer...

From Discrete to Continuous ab 117.49 € als gebundene Ausgabe: The Broadening of Number Concepts in Early Modern England. Auflage 2002. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Mathematik, Medien > Bücher nein Buch (gebunden) Hardcover;Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik;Allgemeines, Lexika, Springer Netherlands<